Ubuntu – Can’t install Avro for inputting Bangla on Ubuntu 19.04

Installation

Open Terminal and enter the following commands one by one.

1. Add ibus-avro repository

   sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/sarimkhan/xUbuntu_14.04/ ./"
   

2. Add key

   wget -q http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/sarimkhan/xUbuntu_14.04/Release.key -O- | sudo apt-key add -
   

3. Update package list

   sudo apt-get update
   

4. Install ibus-avro

   sudo apt-get install ibus-avro-trusty
   

5. Now you need to logout and login again or restart your computer.

Using ibus-avro

1. Click the IM icon in menubar and Select Text Entry Setting

2. In Text Entry Setting window click + icon (marked by arrow) in left pane. Write avro in the search box (marked by arrow). Choose Bengali (Avro Phonetic) from the list and press Add button to add Avro to the list.

3. (Optional) The keyboard shortcut to switch input method has been changed to Super+Space since Ubuntu 13.10. You can change it to your preference from Text Entry Setting window.

4. Open any text editing software (like, gedit). Now Press Super+Space to toggle between English and Avro (Bengali)

5. Enjoy Avro

Important note:

Avro Phonetic has now been made available to Ubuntu users via an official package.

To install it:

sudo apt install ibus-avro

ibus-avro in the Ubuntu archive installs the latest upstream software, including a bugfix which is important to Ubuntu users. The GitHub repo referred to in step 1 and 2 below is in read-only mode, and not useful any longer.

Previous answer:

1. Get the latest release of Avro from GitHub (at this time, it is 2.1).

2. Install the package:

   sudo dpkg -i avro_*_all.deb
   

   If you get any dependency errors, run the following command:

   sudo apt-get install -f
   

   The installation should now be finished.

3. Go to System Settings -> Language Support from Unity Launcher

   • Look at the Keyboard input method system
   • Select IBus and close the window.

4. You may need to restart IBus to make everything work. Try the following command:

   ibus restart
   

   Otherwise a reboot may be required.

5. Go to System Settings -> Keyboard -> Text Entry.

   • Search for Avro Phonetic, and add it as input source.