Hi all, I checked the PKGBUILD scripts that Asish sent. Both scripts work correctly. The m17n-lib PKGBUILD script is correct and it correctly shows a dependency for libotf. But I couldn't find the libotf package in pacman. So I ended up using the libotf-cvs (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16709) from AUR. This libotf packages is installed as libotf-cvs, so i had to modify the PKGBUILD script for m17n-lib to use libotf-cvs instaed of libotf. So I think if the m17n-lib package has to be included in extra/community repos, the libotf package should go in also. The m17n-db script works correctly. If the m17n-libs are included, then I think it would be a very good idea to include the m17-contrib packages from AUR (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22049) also, since this includes m17n support for some widely used indic languages . I was specifically looking for Malayalam which got recently included in m17n-contrib. Thanks all for your help. Awaiting feed back from everyone. regards Aashik S