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Long back (on SuSE) i used to have the Malayalam package for LaTeX. It worked well. I could use the old script (old "lipi"). Now I am on Ubuntu (18.04). I installed the Malayalam package again but it does not work. When compiling I get

mal: Command not found

The advantage of the package is that I don't have to type in Malayalam. Posted the question on usenet. Until now no response. Also wrote to Alex (who created the package). No response

Has anybody got a solution. It will be a great help.

Also need help for Malayalam typing on Ubuntu but in the old "lipi" (script).Tried Rachana, Anjali, Mira etc. All I get is the new "lipi"

Srinath
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At first we need to install TeXLive:

sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra texlive-latex-recommended

Then get LaTeX for Malayalam tarball: 

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://alex.org.in/wp-content/alex.org.in-uploads/2017/07/malayalam-latex-0.9.7.tar.gz
tar -xf malayalam-latex-0.9.7.tar.gz
cd malayalam-latex-0.9.7/
sudo ./install.sh # install agreeing with all default

Then create example file with contents from 3.3.1 of official PDF:

cat << EOF > test.mm
\documentclass[a4,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[rachana]{malayalam}
\begin{document}
\noindent

<m>
atiprAcInakAlaMmutalkkutanne shabdan"n"aLuTEyuM
bhAvahAvAdikaLuTEyuM sahAyattOTukUTi AshayaprakaTanaM
naTattAn manuSyaR paThiccukazhin~n~irunnu.
manuSyasharIrattinnuLLilttanneyuLLa h.rdayaM,
shvAsakOshaM ennI avayavan"n"aLuTe kramaMteRRAteyuLLa
calanaM avann tALabOdhattinnuLLa AdyapAThan"n"aL
nalkiyirikkaNaM. atupOlettanne prak.rtiyilninnuM
avan nityEna kELkkunna saMgItaM---atAyat pakSikaLuTe
kaLakUjanan"n"aL, kARRinRe maRmmarashabdaM, tEnIccakaLuTe
mULakkaM, ozhukunna veLLattinRe kaLakaLashabdaM,
muLan"kATukaLkkiTayilUTe kARRaTikkunpOzhuNTAkunna
cULaMviLi, m.rgan"n"aLuTe vividharItiyiluLLa shabdan"n"aL
tuTan"n"iyavayellAM---avanRe saMgItAsvAdanashESiyEyuM
kramaprav.rddhamAyi vaLaRttikkoNTuvannu. manuSyamastiSkkattinRe
vaLaRccayuTe tOtanusaricc madhurasvaran"n"aL kETTAsvadikkAnuLLa
ceviyuTe kazhiv dinaMprati vaLaRnnuvannu. jIvitOpAdhikaL
sanpAdikkAnuLLa kUTTAya pravaRttanan"n"aLkkiTayil
AshayavinimayattinRe AvashyakatayuM tanmUlaM bhASayuM
utbhaviccu vikasiccatupOlettanne jIvitaklEshan"n"aLkkiTayil
ninnu niR{}v.rtiyuM, kUTTAya addhvAnattinnuLLa pracOdanavuM
nETENTa AvashyattinnanusariccAN<<+ manuSyanRe
saMgItaparamAya kazhivukaLuM vaLaRnnu vikasiccat.
</m>

\end{document}
EOF

Note: I know nothing about Malayalam scripts, adjust file above for correct script.

Then pre-process this file:

mal test.mm rachana

Utility for pre-processing Malayalam LaTeX source files
Alex A.J. <tex@alex.org.in>

Using Rachana (old lipi)...


File successfully preprocessed.


Please run (pdf)LaTeX on the generated tex file.

run LaTeX

pdflatex test.tex

and see the output:

xdg-open test.pdf

mm pdf

N0rbert
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