Useful tips

How do I use IBus in Linux Mint?

by Rhyley Bryan

How do I use IBus in Linux Mint?

Add Input Method

  1. Open IBus and you can see the task bar right bottom corner look like keyboard symbol, right click the symbol Preferences.
  2. Input Method Tab – click Add. clidk bottom vertial three dots type name for example: hindi and select again select itrans(m17n). click Add.
  3. Press Ctrl + Space to switch Input Method.

What is IBus in Linux Mint?

IBus is an Intelligent Input Bus. It is a new input framework for the Linux OS. It provides full featured and user friendly input method user interface. It also may help developers to develop input method easily.

How do I enable IBus in Linux?

Setting up your Language

  1. Go to System->Preferences->Ibus Preferences.
  2. Go to ‘Input Method’ tab.
  3. Select your language from the drop down menu and click ‘Add button’
  4. Move it up to the top so that whenever you run ibus you will be directly able to type in your language.
  5. Close.

What is IBus for Linux?

Intelligent Input Bus (IBus) for the Linux and Unix operating systems is a powerful multilingual Input Method Framework working with many open-source IM language engines. IBus uses bus-like architecture to process communication between the IBus IM Framework and the IM language engines.

What is the purpose of ibus in Linux?

IBus is an Intelligent Input Bus. It is a new input framework for the Linux OS. It provides full featured and user friendly input method user interface. It also may help developers to develop input method easily.

How to change the input language in iBus?

Thereafter, select the Input method tab in IBus Preferences and to Add an Input method, click Add. Next, select the input method which we would like to use e.g. German. Clicking the Add button adds the input language to our input method.

How to set iBus preferences in Ubuntu terminal?

Therefore, run the following in terminal – Observe, we are only installing ibus-m17n package. Apt will automatically select and install other related packages. Once installation gets completed, we will have to configure the package Ibus. Hence, open IBus Preferences option available in our Main menu.

Who is the copyright holder of Linux Mint?

Linux Mint is copyrighted 2006 and trademarked through the Linux Mark Institute. All rights reserved. Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.