HOW TO TYPE USING INDIAN LANGUAGES IN UBUNTU 18.04 LTS?

Hi there! If you are reading this, you might probably be wanting to add Indian languages to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I was in a similar situation a few weeks back and unfortunately, there wasn’t a lot of tutorials on the web that was dedicated to Ubuntu 18.04. A lot of the articles focused on the previous releases of Ubuntu. Not to mention, the settings of the distro has changed quite significantly with the 18.04 LTS version. So, without any further build up, let us jump right into the topic.

1. Install ibus-m17n. You may do this by the following command. Open the terminal using 'Ctrl+Alt+T'.   Then type the following and press enter.

sudo apt install ibus-m17n

2. After installing ibus-m17n, you may have to reboot the system once inorder for the changes to take effect.

3. After the reboot has finished, go to the ‘Settings’.

4. Go to ‘Region & Language’ located in the left pane menu.

5. Under the input sources, press the ‘+’ button to add a new language.

6. Now, press the three dots below the language list displayed.

7. Now search for the language you want to install. In this article, let us search for hindi.

8. Now scroll down and select the ‘m17n’ options associated with hindi.

9. Select one and the language has been added to your list.

10. Now you can switch between languages while typing by pressing Superkey(Windows key)+Spacebar.

11. Now enjoy typing in your language!