You install Ibus using the following command: (This command compiles the program, and you'll end up with something like this.)ĥ) The program is now successfully compiled, but not installed.To install it to your system, type this:Ħ) The task is now more than half done, and the rest is easy. If configuration is successful, type make in the terminal and press Enter. configure again inside the folder mentioned in step 2.

Accordingly, you install these packages using the following commands (when asked for yes/no options, type Y in caps)Ĥ) Once you've fulfilled all dependencies, run. Where 'chowmein' stands for the package name. This will check for the required software needed to build the program.ģ) If you'll receive an error message, saying you need to install certain software packages (something like 'No package 'mozjs185' found', etc.), install the needed packages by using the following command on your terminal

After download is complete, right click, and extract to a folder.Ģ) Inside the folder, right click and open a terminal. I don't know if there are shorter routes, but here is how it worked for me:ġ) Go to Linux Mint's Software Manager from your computer's Menu, and search for these three packages and install them, one by one:Ģ) Download this file. For regular Mint editions, visit the detailed tutorial created by users at the Bangla Linux Community forum or by the Avro developers. All of these work smoothly on LibreOffice, provided if you are familiar with their keyboard layouts (These can be accessed from: Menu>Preferences>Keyboard>Layout Settings>Using the + sign at the left-hand corner of the window to add a preferred keyboard.)Īs the ibus-avro has been designed primarily keeping Ubuntu users in mind, this tutorial is only for those wanting to try English to Bangla phonetic typing using the Avro Keyboard on LMDE systems. LMDE, by default, offers Bangla (Bengali) writing integration using different fully UNICODE-compliant keyboard patterns: Boisakhi, Bornona, Prabhat, and Gitanjali. I wanted to share this for anyone like me, specifically wanting to use Avro Keyboard for writing in Bangla on LMDE in applications such as LibreOffice, etc. Hello, I'm a newbie user of Linux Mint LMDE, and this is my first attempt to write a tutorial.

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