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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Writing in Indian Launguages in Linux using IBus


To compose a document other than in English you need transliteration software. In Linux there is one such software that is IBus.Through IBus you can write in any language with ease. 

Installation

 In Debian start the synaptic package manager click the search button  and type IBus in the search field and press enter.

Image showing synaptic package manager with the search dialog box
Synaptic Package Manager

 Now scroll down and select IBus it will show the dependencies of the packages click ok and again the same with IBus-m17n and click apply in the taskbar. Make sure you have m17n-db package is installed before installing IBus.  

Location & Usage

After installation configure your system to make IBus starts when you login.IBus is typically located in your systray. It will show as EN.

image showing the xfce systray with IBus input system

This is your default locale setting. Now right click that icon in your panel and click preferences, a dialog box will open up and then goto Input Method 

Image showing the IBus Preferences Dialog box
IBus Preferences Dialog Box

 

Click the Add button and click the … in the bottom it will show you more choice and scroll down and you can now select your desired Indian language to write. 




Image showing the input method selection screen after clicking the add button


 

Image showing the indian language Tamil option







Image showing the type of input method to be selected after selecting the Tamil Language


Image showing the input method options when we right click the IBus interface in the systray

The Indian languages supported in IBus are Assamese, Bengali, Devanagari, Gujrati, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Kashmiri, Maithili, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit and Urdu. You can now open your favourite text editor and left click the Ibus icon in your systray to select your language or pressing ctrl+spacebar to change the language.

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