Ubuntu – How to install ibus-avro in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

16.04ibus-avrolanguagesoftware installation

I tried to install ibus-avro, using the procedure that applied in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This procedure does not work in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Is there any other procedure to install avro in my new version of Ubuntu?

Best Answer

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:

Get the latest release of Avro from GitHub (at this time, it is 2.1).
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.
Go to System Settings -> Language Support from Unity Launcher
- Look at the Keyboard input method system
- Select IBus and close the window.
You may need to restart IBus to make everything work. Try the following command:
```
ibus restart
```
Otherwise a reboot may be required.
Go to System Settings -> Keyboard -> Text Entry.
- Search for Avro Phonetic, and add it as input source.

Installation

Open Terminal and enter the following commands one by one.

Add ibus-avro repository

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

Add key

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

Update package list
```
sudo apt-get update
```
Install ibus-avro
```
sudo apt-get install ibus-avro-trusty
```
Now you need to logout and login again or restart your computer.

Using `ibus-avro`

Click the IM icon in menubar and Select Text Entry Setting
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.
(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.
Open any text editing software (like, gedit). Now Press Super+Space to toggle between English and Avro (Bengali)
Enjoy Avro

Ubuntu – Installing Avro in 18.04 LTS

I am using Avro in 18.04 LTS and it's working.

Here is the steps you need to follow.

Go to Language Support. Click install/remove languages.
Select Bangla from the list and click apply. After installing Bangla language support you should start installing Avro.
The resulting window should look like this:
Download and install avro from here on GitHub. I use 2.0 version
```
sudo dpkg -i avro_2.0-1_all.deb
```
You will see some missing packages. To install those, run the following command:
```
sudo apt-get install -f
```
Restart ibus
```
ibus restart
```
Now go to Settings > Region and language > Add an input source > Bangla > Bengali (Avro Phonetic)
Enjoy typing Bangla in Avro keyboard.

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