English and Malayalam

Starting work on Apertium English to Malayalam

Installing what is needed

Operating System

Install a suitable GNU/Linux system such as Debian, Ubuntu, Mint etc.

Install build essentials, etc.

Open a terminal window and type

sudo apt-get install git build-essential g++ pkg-config gawk libxml2 \
libxml2-dev libxml2-utils xsltproc flex automake autoconf libtool libpcre3-dev \
cmake libicu-dev libboost-dev libgoogle-perftools-dev bison libreadline-dev zlib1g-dev

Enter your password and wait till the packages are downloaded and installed.

Install required tools

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:aboobackervyd/apertium-dailybuild
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lttoolbox apertium apertium-lex-tools

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tinodidriksen/cg3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cg3

git clone https://github.com/apertium/apertium-mal-eng
cd apertium-mal-eng/
make