How do I get Chinese input to work?
How do I configure Ubuntu to input Chinese?
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How do I configure Ubuntu to input Chinese?
language-support input-language chinese
I'm using Ubuntu 15.10, I useaptitude
install the packageubuntu-keyboard-chinese-pinyin
to get the pinyin imput method to be worked.
– Shawn Xie
Nov 5 '15 at 8:54
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How do I configure Ubuntu to input Chinese?
language-support input-language chinese
How do I configure Ubuntu to input Chinese?
language-support input-language chinese
language-support input-language chinese
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I'm using Ubuntu 15.10, I useaptitude
install the packageubuntu-keyboard-chinese-pinyin
to get the pinyin imput method to be worked.
– Shawn Xie
Nov 5 '15 at 8:54
add a comment |
I'm using Ubuntu 15.10, I useaptitude
install the packageubuntu-keyboard-chinese-pinyin
to get the pinyin imput method to be worked.
– Shawn Xie
Nov 5 '15 at 8:54
I'm using Ubuntu 15.10, I use
aptitude
install the package ubuntu-keyboard-chinese-pinyin
to get the pinyin imput method to be worked.– Shawn Xie
Nov 5 '15 at 8:54
I'm using Ubuntu 15.10, I use
aptitude
install the package ubuntu-keyboard-chinese-pinyin
to get the pinyin imput method to be worked.– Shawn Xie
Nov 5 '15 at 8:54
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My system had a similar problem: I was able to choose "Chinese", but it didn't really input any Chinese. The key step missing was to install a specific Chinese input method/package. E.g.:
sudo apt-get install ibus-pinyin
After installing Pinyin in this example, go to System Settings → Language Support → Chinese (Pinyin).
Now it works as expected.
This thread helped me to figure out this solution. It also suggests another input method:
sudo apt-get install ibus-sunpinyin
P.S.
After either of those commands do not forget to restart the IBus daemon
ibus restart
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click dash home, search for "language support"
click "install/remove language" and add Chinese
click dash home, search for "keyboard input method"
under "input method",add Chinese input method
enjoy!
hopefully it helps
is this available through apt-get?
– Scott混合理论
Apr 12 '14 at 14:11
1
Ubuntu 16.10 only finds Text Entry when searching for keyboard input method, and there does not seem to be any way to add "input methods" in that dialog box.
– O. R. Mapper
Dec 23 '16 at 23:03
1
Didn't work for me. (in 16.04) I installed Chinese, and clicked a checkbox that allowed me to see the icon in the menu bar that shows which language is active. There is an item under there that says "Text entry settings." I added three chinese language items. I activated them all one at a time, but no Chinese is ever produced in any textbox I've tried.
– rschwieb
Feb 8 '17 at 16:01
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setup instructions for chinese character support in (ubuntu 14.04) and (ubuntu 16.04)
1. Enable Chinese Language Support
a - Click System Settings, Click Language Support
you may be prompted to install support for current languages
b - Ensure that Keyboard input method system: is set to IBus
c - Click Install / Remove Languages..
d - Choose Chinese (simplified) and/or Chinese (traditional)
e - (ubuntu 14.04) - Click Apply Changes
e - (ubuntu 16.04) - Click Apply
>Logout Login<
2. Install Additional Chinese Input Systems
this step will not work for 16.04 as ibus-m17n can no longer be found through software center
a - Open Ubuntu Software Center
b - Search for and install ibus-m17n
>Logout Login<
3. Select And Enable Your Input Systems
a - Click System Settings, Click Text Entry
b - Click the + button to add new methods
c - Select Chinese (Pinyin), click Add
this allows you to type characters 汉字
the following steps will not work for 16.04 because they depend on ibus-m17n being installed (i'll update another time when i get them installed myself. here's a decent starting point
d - Select Chinese (SunPinyin), click Add
this also allows you to type chinese characters 汉字 (optional alternative)
e - select Chinese (hanyu pinyin (m17n)), click Add
this allows you to type hànyǔ pīnyīn (english characters with tone markers)
>Logout Login<
4. Test It Out
Troubleshooting
If when using Chinese(Pinyin) you have the bug where typing hanyu suggests ha nü sh and other similar, syllabic separation problems, first try this..
Open the terminal, Enter ibus restart
if that doesn't work here are a few other suggestions at Pinyin Joe
Random Tips
- Press
super key
+space
to toggle between language inputs.
- super key is the windows key
- Each language input has its own settings to customize usability.
- Ex. On the language bar select Pinyin, click preferences.
This is the best and most complete answer, the only one that actually worked for me.
– AlfredBaudisch
Jan 13 '18 at 16:02
@AlfredBaudisch Which version of Ubuntu did you enable it for?
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Jan 13 '18 at 17:07
1
ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
– AlfredBaudisch
Jan 13 '18 at 23:27
@AlfredBaudisch Good to know, thanks :)
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Jan 14 '18 at 0:55
For anybody reading the comments, Alfred's comment was posted before I made an update to the answer to include 16.04. The first step should get things working well enough for most users but for those wanting to use Hanyu Pinyin (tone marked English characters / hànyǔ pīnyīn) and other alternative Chinese character programs you will need to look elsewhere for answers until I install them myself and update this answer.
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Aug 10 '18 at 3:18
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click dash home, search for "language support", check if " chinese" exist
? If not step 2. If have, transfer to step 3.click "install/remove language" and add Chinese
click dash home, search for "keyboard input method"
under "input method",add Chinese input method
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This method is through command line. It relies on installing ibus-libpinyin
(which is known as Ibus Intelligent Pinyin) and adding it as input source to gsettings
schema. This has been tested multiple times on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS as well as 15.04
First install ibus-libpinyin
sudo apt-get install ibus-libpinyin
Then, run the following command:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources "$(gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources | sed "s/]/, ('ibus', 'libpinyin')]/")"
The command above takes output of gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources
, gives it to sed, which removes the last square bracket and appends , ('ibus', 'libpinyin')]
to its output. That particular schema has entries in format [(INPUTMETHOD1, LANGUAGE1), (INPUTMETHOD1,LANGUAGE2)]
, so this is the reason why sed has to be used to insert text in that fassion. Finally we use output of that as input for gsettings set
command, through parameter substitution with $( . . . )
Alternatively the two lines can be combined into a simple script:
#!/bin/sh
SCHEMA="org.gnome.desktop.input-sources"
KEY="sources"
sudo apt-get install ibus-libpinyin
gsettings set $SCHEMA $KEY "$(gsettings get $SCHEMA $KEY | sed "s/]/, ('ibus', 'libpinyin')]/")"
Hope that helps other users! Chinese language by itself is great for web-surfing Chinese internet, but one of the most desired app for Chinese users of Linux is QQ, which of course isn't available, however check out my other answer on how to install Android version of QQ in Ubuntu.
Well QQ has a web edition so android edition is not really necessary.
– xji
Sep 11 '15 at 10:06
@XiangJi at least for me, web qq lacks file transfer and video/voice calling features. Besides, it's laggy and doesn't keep history of my conversations. Hence, I prefer android version. A bit verbose, but works for me
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Sep 11 '15 at 19:59
This is the only answer that worked, under 2016.04 with gnome desktop.
– Nicolas Raoul
Sep 13 '16 at 8:16
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Here I provide a quick way to install Quick Input Method (速成輸入法) in your Ubuntu.
Execute the following command to install the required packages.
sudo apt-get install fcitx fcitx-imlist fcitx-table-quick-classic
Restart your Ubuntu after the command execution.
Launch Language Support. Set Keyboard input system to
fcitx
.
Launch Region & Language. Add Input Sources:
Chinese (QuickClassic)
.
Now you can see the language menu icon. You can use Shift to switch between the input methods.
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My system had a similar problem: I was able to choose "Chinese", but it didn't really input any Chinese. The key step missing was to install a specific Chinese input method/package. E.g.:
sudo apt-get install ibus-pinyin
After installing Pinyin in this example, go to System Settings → Language Support → Chinese (Pinyin).
Now it works as expected.
This thread helped me to figure out this solution. It also suggests another input method:
sudo apt-get install ibus-sunpinyin
P.S.
After either of those commands do not forget to restart the IBus daemon
ibus restart
add a comment |
My system had a similar problem: I was able to choose "Chinese", but it didn't really input any Chinese. The key step missing was to install a specific Chinese input method/package. E.g.:
sudo apt-get install ibus-pinyin
After installing Pinyin in this example, go to System Settings → Language Support → Chinese (Pinyin).
Now it works as expected.
This thread helped me to figure out this solution. It also suggests another input method:
sudo apt-get install ibus-sunpinyin
P.S.
After either of those commands do not forget to restart the IBus daemon
ibus restart
add a comment |
My system had a similar problem: I was able to choose "Chinese", but it didn't really input any Chinese. The key step missing was to install a specific Chinese input method/package. E.g.:
sudo apt-get install ibus-pinyin
After installing Pinyin in this example, go to System Settings → Language Support → Chinese (Pinyin).
Now it works as expected.
This thread helped me to figure out this solution. It also suggests another input method:
sudo apt-get install ibus-sunpinyin
P.S.
After either of those commands do not forget to restart the IBus daemon
ibus restart
My system had a similar problem: I was able to choose "Chinese", but it didn't really input any Chinese. The key step missing was to install a specific Chinese input method/package. E.g.:
sudo apt-get install ibus-pinyin
After installing Pinyin in this example, go to System Settings → Language Support → Chinese (Pinyin).
Now it works as expected.
This thread helped me to figure out this solution. It also suggests another input method:
sudo apt-get install ibus-sunpinyin
P.S.
After either of those commands do not forget to restart the IBus daemon
ibus restart
edited May 19 '16 at 0:42
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answered Aug 30 '15 at 4:38
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click dash home, search for "language support"
click "install/remove language" and add Chinese
click dash home, search for "keyboard input method"
under "input method",add Chinese input method
enjoy!
hopefully it helps
is this available through apt-get?
– Scott混合理论
Apr 12 '14 at 14:11
1
Ubuntu 16.10 only finds Text Entry when searching for keyboard input method, and there does not seem to be any way to add "input methods" in that dialog box.
– O. R. Mapper
Dec 23 '16 at 23:03
1
Didn't work for me. (in 16.04) I installed Chinese, and clicked a checkbox that allowed me to see the icon in the menu bar that shows which language is active. There is an item under there that says "Text entry settings." I added three chinese language items. I activated them all one at a time, but no Chinese is ever produced in any textbox I've tried.
– rschwieb
Feb 8 '17 at 16:01
add a comment |
click dash home, search for "language support"
click "install/remove language" and add Chinese
click dash home, search for "keyboard input method"
under "input method",add Chinese input method
enjoy!
hopefully it helps
is this available through apt-get?
– Scott混合理论
Apr 12 '14 at 14:11
1
Ubuntu 16.10 only finds Text Entry when searching for keyboard input method, and there does not seem to be any way to add "input methods" in that dialog box.
– O. R. Mapper
Dec 23 '16 at 23:03
1
Didn't work for me. (in 16.04) I installed Chinese, and clicked a checkbox that allowed me to see the icon in the menu bar that shows which language is active. There is an item under there that says "Text entry settings." I added three chinese language items. I activated them all one at a time, but no Chinese is ever produced in any textbox I've tried.
– rschwieb
Feb 8 '17 at 16:01
add a comment |
click dash home, search for "language support"
click "install/remove language" and add Chinese
click dash home, search for "keyboard input method"
under "input method",add Chinese input method
enjoy!
hopefully it helps
click dash home, search for "language support"
click "install/remove language" and add Chinese
click dash home, search for "keyboard input method"
under "input method",add Chinese input method
enjoy!
hopefully it helps
edited Aug 30 '15 at 10:43
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answered Oct 18 '11 at 8:41
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is this available through apt-get?
– Scott混合理论
Apr 12 '14 at 14:11
1
Ubuntu 16.10 only finds Text Entry when searching for keyboard input method, and there does not seem to be any way to add "input methods" in that dialog box.
– O. R. Mapper
Dec 23 '16 at 23:03
1
Didn't work for me. (in 16.04) I installed Chinese, and clicked a checkbox that allowed me to see the icon in the menu bar that shows which language is active. There is an item under there that says "Text entry settings." I added three chinese language items. I activated them all one at a time, but no Chinese is ever produced in any textbox I've tried.
– rschwieb
Feb 8 '17 at 16:01
add a comment |
is this available through apt-get?
– Scott混合理论
Apr 12 '14 at 14:11
1
Ubuntu 16.10 only finds Text Entry when searching for keyboard input method, and there does not seem to be any way to add "input methods" in that dialog box.
– O. R. Mapper
Dec 23 '16 at 23:03
1
Didn't work for me. (in 16.04) I installed Chinese, and clicked a checkbox that allowed me to see the icon in the menu bar that shows which language is active. There is an item under there that says "Text entry settings." I added three chinese language items. I activated them all one at a time, but no Chinese is ever produced in any textbox I've tried.
– rschwieb
Feb 8 '17 at 16:01
is this available through apt-get?
– Scott混合理论
Apr 12 '14 at 14:11
is this available through apt-get?
– Scott混合理论
Apr 12 '14 at 14:11
1
1
Ubuntu 16.10 only finds Text Entry when searching for keyboard input method, and there does not seem to be any way to add "input methods" in that dialog box.
– O. R. Mapper
Dec 23 '16 at 23:03
Ubuntu 16.10 only finds Text Entry when searching for keyboard input method, and there does not seem to be any way to add "input methods" in that dialog box.
– O. R. Mapper
Dec 23 '16 at 23:03
1
1
Didn't work for me. (in 16.04) I installed Chinese, and clicked a checkbox that allowed me to see the icon in the menu bar that shows which language is active. There is an item under there that says "Text entry settings." I added three chinese language items. I activated them all one at a time, but no Chinese is ever produced in any textbox I've tried.
– rschwieb
Feb 8 '17 at 16:01
Didn't work for me. (in 16.04) I installed Chinese, and clicked a checkbox that allowed me to see the icon in the menu bar that shows which language is active. There is an item under there that says "Text entry settings." I added three chinese language items. I activated them all one at a time, but no Chinese is ever produced in any textbox I've tried.
– rschwieb
Feb 8 '17 at 16:01
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setup instructions for chinese character support in (ubuntu 14.04) and (ubuntu 16.04)
1. Enable Chinese Language Support
a - Click System Settings, Click Language Support
you may be prompted to install support for current languages
b - Ensure that Keyboard input method system: is set to IBus
c - Click Install / Remove Languages..
d - Choose Chinese (simplified) and/or Chinese (traditional)
e - (ubuntu 14.04) - Click Apply Changes
e - (ubuntu 16.04) - Click Apply
>Logout Login<
2. Install Additional Chinese Input Systems
this step will not work for 16.04 as ibus-m17n can no longer be found through software center
a - Open Ubuntu Software Center
b - Search for and install ibus-m17n
>Logout Login<
3. Select And Enable Your Input Systems
a - Click System Settings, Click Text Entry
b - Click the + button to add new methods
c - Select Chinese (Pinyin), click Add
this allows you to type characters 汉字
the following steps will not work for 16.04 because they depend on ibus-m17n being installed (i'll update another time when i get them installed myself. here's a decent starting point
d - Select Chinese (SunPinyin), click Add
this also allows you to type chinese characters 汉字 (optional alternative)
e - select Chinese (hanyu pinyin (m17n)), click Add
this allows you to type hànyǔ pīnyīn (english characters with tone markers)
>Logout Login<
4. Test It Out
Troubleshooting
If when using Chinese(Pinyin) you have the bug where typing hanyu suggests ha nü sh and other similar, syllabic separation problems, first try this..
Open the terminal, Enter ibus restart
if that doesn't work here are a few other suggestions at Pinyin Joe
Random Tips
- Press
super key
+space
to toggle between language inputs.
- super key is the windows key
- Each language input has its own settings to customize usability.
- Ex. On the language bar select Pinyin, click preferences.
This is the best and most complete answer, the only one that actually worked for me.
– AlfredBaudisch
Jan 13 '18 at 16:02
@AlfredBaudisch Which version of Ubuntu did you enable it for?
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Jan 13 '18 at 17:07
1
ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
– AlfredBaudisch
Jan 13 '18 at 23:27
@AlfredBaudisch Good to know, thanks :)
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Jan 14 '18 at 0:55
For anybody reading the comments, Alfred's comment was posted before I made an update to the answer to include 16.04. The first step should get things working well enough for most users but for those wanting to use Hanyu Pinyin (tone marked English characters / hànyǔ pīnyīn) and other alternative Chinese character programs you will need to look elsewhere for answers until I install them myself and update this answer.
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Aug 10 '18 at 3:18
add a comment |
setup instructions for chinese character support in (ubuntu 14.04) and (ubuntu 16.04)
1. Enable Chinese Language Support
a - Click System Settings, Click Language Support
you may be prompted to install support for current languages
b - Ensure that Keyboard input method system: is set to IBus
c - Click Install / Remove Languages..
d - Choose Chinese (simplified) and/or Chinese (traditional)
e - (ubuntu 14.04) - Click Apply Changes
e - (ubuntu 16.04) - Click Apply
>Logout Login<
2. Install Additional Chinese Input Systems
this step will not work for 16.04 as ibus-m17n can no longer be found through software center
a - Open Ubuntu Software Center
b - Search for and install ibus-m17n
>Logout Login<
3. Select And Enable Your Input Systems
a - Click System Settings, Click Text Entry
b - Click the + button to add new methods
c - Select Chinese (Pinyin), click Add
this allows you to type characters 汉字
the following steps will not work for 16.04 because they depend on ibus-m17n being installed (i'll update another time when i get them installed myself. here's a decent starting point
d - Select Chinese (SunPinyin), click Add
this also allows you to type chinese characters 汉字 (optional alternative)
e - select Chinese (hanyu pinyin (m17n)), click Add
this allows you to type hànyǔ pīnyīn (english characters with tone markers)
>Logout Login<
4. Test It Out
Troubleshooting
If when using Chinese(Pinyin) you have the bug where typing hanyu suggests ha nü sh and other similar, syllabic separation problems, first try this..
Open the terminal, Enter ibus restart
if that doesn't work here are a few other suggestions at Pinyin Joe
Random Tips
- Press
super key
+space
to toggle between language inputs.
- super key is the windows key
- Each language input has its own settings to customize usability.
- Ex. On the language bar select Pinyin, click preferences.
This is the best and most complete answer, the only one that actually worked for me.
– AlfredBaudisch
Jan 13 '18 at 16:02
@AlfredBaudisch Which version of Ubuntu did you enable it for?
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Jan 13 '18 at 17:07
1
ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
– AlfredBaudisch
Jan 13 '18 at 23:27
@AlfredBaudisch Good to know, thanks :)
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Jan 14 '18 at 0:55
For anybody reading the comments, Alfred's comment was posted before I made an update to the answer to include 16.04. The first step should get things working well enough for most users but for those wanting to use Hanyu Pinyin (tone marked English characters / hànyǔ pīnyīn) and other alternative Chinese character programs you will need to look elsewhere for answers until I install them myself and update this answer.
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Aug 10 '18 at 3:18
add a comment |
setup instructions for chinese character support in (ubuntu 14.04) and (ubuntu 16.04)
1. Enable Chinese Language Support
a - Click System Settings, Click Language Support
you may be prompted to install support for current languages
b - Ensure that Keyboard input method system: is set to IBus
c - Click Install / Remove Languages..
d - Choose Chinese (simplified) and/or Chinese (traditional)
e - (ubuntu 14.04) - Click Apply Changes
e - (ubuntu 16.04) - Click Apply
>Logout Login<
2. Install Additional Chinese Input Systems
this step will not work for 16.04 as ibus-m17n can no longer be found through software center
a - Open Ubuntu Software Center
b - Search for and install ibus-m17n
>Logout Login<
3. Select And Enable Your Input Systems
a - Click System Settings, Click Text Entry
b - Click the + button to add new methods
c - Select Chinese (Pinyin), click Add
this allows you to type characters 汉字
the following steps will not work for 16.04 because they depend on ibus-m17n being installed (i'll update another time when i get them installed myself. here's a decent starting point
d - Select Chinese (SunPinyin), click Add
this also allows you to type chinese characters 汉字 (optional alternative)
e - select Chinese (hanyu pinyin (m17n)), click Add
this allows you to type hànyǔ pīnyīn (english characters with tone markers)
>Logout Login<
4. Test It Out
Troubleshooting
If when using Chinese(Pinyin) you have the bug where typing hanyu suggests ha nü sh and other similar, syllabic separation problems, first try this..
Open the terminal, Enter ibus restart
if that doesn't work here are a few other suggestions at Pinyin Joe
Random Tips
- Press
super key
+space
to toggle between language inputs.
- super key is the windows key
- Each language input has its own settings to customize usability.
- Ex. On the language bar select Pinyin, click preferences.
setup instructions for chinese character support in (ubuntu 14.04) and (ubuntu 16.04)
1. Enable Chinese Language Support
a - Click System Settings, Click Language Support
you may be prompted to install support for current languages
b - Ensure that Keyboard input method system: is set to IBus
c - Click Install / Remove Languages..
d - Choose Chinese (simplified) and/or Chinese (traditional)
e - (ubuntu 14.04) - Click Apply Changes
e - (ubuntu 16.04) - Click Apply
>Logout Login<
2. Install Additional Chinese Input Systems
this step will not work for 16.04 as ibus-m17n can no longer be found through software center
a - Open Ubuntu Software Center
b - Search for and install ibus-m17n
>Logout Login<
3. Select And Enable Your Input Systems
a - Click System Settings, Click Text Entry
b - Click the + button to add new methods
c - Select Chinese (Pinyin), click Add
this allows you to type characters 汉字
the following steps will not work for 16.04 because they depend on ibus-m17n being installed (i'll update another time when i get them installed myself. here's a decent starting point
d - Select Chinese (SunPinyin), click Add
this also allows you to type chinese characters 汉字 (optional alternative)
e - select Chinese (hanyu pinyin (m17n)), click Add
this allows you to type hànyǔ pīnyīn (english characters with tone markers)
>Logout Login<
4. Test It Out
Troubleshooting
If when using Chinese(Pinyin) you have the bug where typing hanyu suggests ha nü sh and other similar, syllabic separation problems, first try this..
Open the terminal, Enter ibus restart
if that doesn't work here are a few other suggestions at Pinyin Joe
Random Tips
- Press
super key
+space
to toggle between language inputs.
- super key is the windows key
- Each language input has its own settings to customize usability.
- Ex. On the language bar select Pinyin, click preferences.
edited Aug 10 '18 at 3:10
answered Feb 16 '16 at 2:27
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This is the best and most complete answer, the only one that actually worked for me.
– AlfredBaudisch
Jan 13 '18 at 16:02
@AlfredBaudisch Which version of Ubuntu did you enable it for?
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Jan 13 '18 at 17:07
1
ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
– AlfredBaudisch
Jan 13 '18 at 23:27
@AlfredBaudisch Good to know, thanks :)
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Jan 14 '18 at 0:55
For anybody reading the comments, Alfred's comment was posted before I made an update to the answer to include 16.04. The first step should get things working well enough for most users but for those wanting to use Hanyu Pinyin (tone marked English characters / hànyǔ pīnyīn) and other alternative Chinese character programs you will need to look elsewhere for answers until I install them myself and update this answer.
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Aug 10 '18 at 3:18
add a comment |
This is the best and most complete answer, the only one that actually worked for me.
– AlfredBaudisch
Jan 13 '18 at 16:02
@AlfredBaudisch Which version of Ubuntu did you enable it for?
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Jan 13 '18 at 17:07
1
ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
– AlfredBaudisch
Jan 13 '18 at 23:27
@AlfredBaudisch Good to know, thanks :)
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Jan 14 '18 at 0:55
For anybody reading the comments, Alfred's comment was posted before I made an update to the answer to include 16.04. The first step should get things working well enough for most users but for those wanting to use Hanyu Pinyin (tone marked English characters / hànyǔ pīnyīn) and other alternative Chinese character programs you will need to look elsewhere for answers until I install them myself and update this answer.
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Aug 10 '18 at 3:18
This is the best and most complete answer, the only one that actually worked for me.
– AlfredBaudisch
Jan 13 '18 at 16:02
This is the best and most complete answer, the only one that actually worked for me.
– AlfredBaudisch
Jan 13 '18 at 16:02
@AlfredBaudisch Which version of Ubuntu did you enable it for?
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Jan 13 '18 at 17:07
@AlfredBaudisch Which version of Ubuntu did you enable it for?
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Jan 13 '18 at 17:07
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ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
– AlfredBaudisch
Jan 13 '18 at 23:27
ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
– AlfredBaudisch
Jan 13 '18 at 23:27
@AlfredBaudisch Good to know, thanks :)
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Jan 14 '18 at 0:55
@AlfredBaudisch Good to know, thanks :)
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Jan 14 '18 at 0:55
For anybody reading the comments, Alfred's comment was posted before I made an update to the answer to include 16.04. The first step should get things working well enough for most users but for those wanting to use Hanyu Pinyin (tone marked English characters / hànyǔ pīnyīn) and other alternative Chinese character programs you will need to look elsewhere for answers until I install them myself and update this answer.
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Aug 10 '18 at 3:18
For anybody reading the comments, Alfred's comment was posted before I made an update to the answer to include 16.04. The first step should get things working well enough for most users but for those wanting to use Hanyu Pinyin (tone marked English characters / hànyǔ pīnyīn) and other alternative Chinese character programs you will need to look elsewhere for answers until I install them myself and update this answer.
– Hastig Zusammenstellen
Aug 10 '18 at 3:18
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click dash home, search for "language support", check if " chinese" exist
? If not step 2. If have, transfer to step 3.click "install/remove language" and add Chinese
click dash home, search for "keyboard input method"
under "input method",add Chinese input method
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click dash home, search for "language support", check if " chinese" exist
? If not step 2. If have, transfer to step 3.click "install/remove language" and add Chinese
click dash home, search for "keyboard input method"
under "input method",add Chinese input method
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click dash home, search for "language support", check if " chinese" exist
? If not step 2. If have, transfer to step 3.click "install/remove language" and add Chinese
click dash home, search for "keyboard input method"
under "input method",add Chinese input method
click dash home, search for "language support", check if " chinese" exist
? If not step 2. If have, transfer to step 3.click "install/remove language" and add Chinese
click dash home, search for "keyboard input method"
under "input method",add Chinese input method
edited Aug 30 '15 at 10:43
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answered Apr 12 '12 at 7:14
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This method is through command line. It relies on installing ibus-libpinyin
(which is known as Ibus Intelligent Pinyin) and adding it as input source to gsettings
schema. This has been tested multiple times on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS as well as 15.04
First install ibus-libpinyin
sudo apt-get install ibus-libpinyin
Then, run the following command:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources "$(gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources | sed "s/]/, ('ibus', 'libpinyin')]/")"
The command above takes output of gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources
, gives it to sed, which removes the last square bracket and appends , ('ibus', 'libpinyin')]
to its output. That particular schema has entries in format [(INPUTMETHOD1, LANGUAGE1), (INPUTMETHOD1,LANGUAGE2)]
, so this is the reason why sed has to be used to insert text in that fassion. Finally we use output of that as input for gsettings set
command, through parameter substitution with $( . . . )
Alternatively the two lines can be combined into a simple script:
#!/bin/sh
SCHEMA="org.gnome.desktop.input-sources"
KEY="sources"
sudo apt-get install ibus-libpinyin
gsettings set $SCHEMA $KEY "$(gsettings get $SCHEMA $KEY | sed "s/]/, ('ibus', 'libpinyin')]/")"
Hope that helps other users! Chinese language by itself is great for web-surfing Chinese internet, but one of the most desired app for Chinese users of Linux is QQ, which of course isn't available, however check out my other answer on how to install Android version of QQ in Ubuntu.
Well QQ has a web edition so android edition is not really necessary.
– xji
Sep 11 '15 at 10:06
@XiangJi at least for me, web qq lacks file transfer and video/voice calling features. Besides, it's laggy and doesn't keep history of my conversations. Hence, I prefer android version. A bit verbose, but works for me
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Sep 11 '15 at 19:59
This is the only answer that worked, under 2016.04 with gnome desktop.
– Nicolas Raoul
Sep 13 '16 at 8:16
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This method is through command line. It relies on installing ibus-libpinyin
(which is known as Ibus Intelligent Pinyin) and adding it as input source to gsettings
schema. This has been tested multiple times on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS as well as 15.04
First install ibus-libpinyin
sudo apt-get install ibus-libpinyin
Then, run the following command:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources "$(gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources | sed "s/]/, ('ibus', 'libpinyin')]/")"
The command above takes output of gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources
, gives it to sed, which removes the last square bracket and appends , ('ibus', 'libpinyin')]
to its output. That particular schema has entries in format [(INPUTMETHOD1, LANGUAGE1), (INPUTMETHOD1,LANGUAGE2)]
, so this is the reason why sed has to be used to insert text in that fassion. Finally we use output of that as input for gsettings set
command, through parameter substitution with $( . . . )
Alternatively the two lines can be combined into a simple script:
#!/bin/sh
SCHEMA="org.gnome.desktop.input-sources"
KEY="sources"
sudo apt-get install ibus-libpinyin
gsettings set $SCHEMA $KEY "$(gsettings get $SCHEMA $KEY | sed "s/]/, ('ibus', 'libpinyin')]/")"
Hope that helps other users! Chinese language by itself is great for web-surfing Chinese internet, but one of the most desired app for Chinese users of Linux is QQ, which of course isn't available, however check out my other answer on how to install Android version of QQ in Ubuntu.
Well QQ has a web edition so android edition is not really necessary.
– xji
Sep 11 '15 at 10:06
@XiangJi at least for me, web qq lacks file transfer and video/voice calling features. Besides, it's laggy and doesn't keep history of my conversations. Hence, I prefer android version. A bit verbose, but works for me
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Sep 11 '15 at 19:59
This is the only answer that worked, under 2016.04 with gnome desktop.
– Nicolas Raoul
Sep 13 '16 at 8:16
add a comment |
This method is through command line. It relies on installing ibus-libpinyin
(which is known as Ibus Intelligent Pinyin) and adding it as input source to gsettings
schema. This has been tested multiple times on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS as well as 15.04
First install ibus-libpinyin
sudo apt-get install ibus-libpinyin
Then, run the following command:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources "$(gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources | sed "s/]/, ('ibus', 'libpinyin')]/")"
The command above takes output of gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources
, gives it to sed, which removes the last square bracket and appends , ('ibus', 'libpinyin')]
to its output. That particular schema has entries in format [(INPUTMETHOD1, LANGUAGE1), (INPUTMETHOD1,LANGUAGE2)]
, so this is the reason why sed has to be used to insert text in that fassion. Finally we use output of that as input for gsettings set
command, through parameter substitution with $( . . . )
Alternatively the two lines can be combined into a simple script:
#!/bin/sh
SCHEMA="org.gnome.desktop.input-sources"
KEY="sources"
sudo apt-get install ibus-libpinyin
gsettings set $SCHEMA $KEY "$(gsettings get $SCHEMA $KEY | sed "s/]/, ('ibus', 'libpinyin')]/")"
Hope that helps other users! Chinese language by itself is great for web-surfing Chinese internet, but one of the most desired app for Chinese users of Linux is QQ, which of course isn't available, however check out my other answer on how to install Android version of QQ in Ubuntu.
This method is through command line. It relies on installing ibus-libpinyin
(which is known as Ibus Intelligent Pinyin) and adding it as input source to gsettings
schema. This has been tested multiple times on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS as well as 15.04
First install ibus-libpinyin
sudo apt-get install ibus-libpinyin
Then, run the following command:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources "$(gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources | sed "s/]/, ('ibus', 'libpinyin')]/")"
The command above takes output of gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources
, gives it to sed, which removes the last square bracket and appends , ('ibus', 'libpinyin')]
to its output. That particular schema has entries in format [(INPUTMETHOD1, LANGUAGE1), (INPUTMETHOD1,LANGUAGE2)]
, so this is the reason why sed has to be used to insert text in that fassion. Finally we use output of that as input for gsettings set
command, through parameter substitution with $( . . . )
Alternatively the two lines can be combined into a simple script:
#!/bin/sh
SCHEMA="org.gnome.desktop.input-sources"
KEY="sources"
sudo apt-get install ibus-libpinyin
gsettings set $SCHEMA $KEY "$(gsettings get $SCHEMA $KEY | sed "s/]/, ('ibus', 'libpinyin')]/")"
Hope that helps other users! Chinese language by itself is great for web-surfing Chinese internet, but one of the most desired app for Chinese users of Linux is QQ, which of course isn't available, however check out my other answer on how to install Android version of QQ in Ubuntu.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25
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answered Aug 30 '15 at 5:47
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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Well QQ has a web edition so android edition is not really necessary.
– xji
Sep 11 '15 at 10:06
@XiangJi at least for me, web qq lacks file transfer and video/voice calling features. Besides, it's laggy and doesn't keep history of my conversations. Hence, I prefer android version. A bit verbose, but works for me
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Sep 11 '15 at 19:59
This is the only answer that worked, under 2016.04 with gnome desktop.
– Nicolas Raoul
Sep 13 '16 at 8:16
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Well QQ has a web edition so android edition is not really necessary.
– xji
Sep 11 '15 at 10:06
@XiangJi at least for me, web qq lacks file transfer and video/voice calling features. Besides, it's laggy and doesn't keep history of my conversations. Hence, I prefer android version. A bit verbose, but works for me
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Sep 11 '15 at 19:59
This is the only answer that worked, under 2016.04 with gnome desktop.
– Nicolas Raoul
Sep 13 '16 at 8:16
Well QQ has a web edition so android edition is not really necessary.
– xji
Sep 11 '15 at 10:06
Well QQ has a web edition so android edition is not really necessary.
– xji
Sep 11 '15 at 10:06
@XiangJi at least for me, web qq lacks file transfer and video/voice calling features. Besides, it's laggy and doesn't keep history of my conversations. Hence, I prefer android version. A bit verbose, but works for me
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Sep 11 '15 at 19:59
@XiangJi at least for me, web qq lacks file transfer and video/voice calling features. Besides, it's laggy and doesn't keep history of my conversations. Hence, I prefer android version. A bit verbose, but works for me
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Sep 11 '15 at 19:59
This is the only answer that worked, under 2016.04 with gnome desktop.
– Nicolas Raoul
Sep 13 '16 at 8:16
This is the only answer that worked, under 2016.04 with gnome desktop.
– Nicolas Raoul
Sep 13 '16 at 8:16
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Here I provide a quick way to install Quick Input Method (速成輸入法) in your Ubuntu.
Execute the following command to install the required packages.
sudo apt-get install fcitx fcitx-imlist fcitx-table-quick-classic
Restart your Ubuntu after the command execution.
Launch Language Support. Set Keyboard input system to
fcitx
.
Launch Region & Language. Add Input Sources:
Chinese (QuickClassic)
.
Now you can see the language menu icon. You can use Shift to switch between the input methods.
add a comment |
Here I provide a quick way to install Quick Input Method (速成輸入法) in your Ubuntu.
Execute the following command to install the required packages.
sudo apt-get install fcitx fcitx-imlist fcitx-table-quick-classic
Restart your Ubuntu after the command execution.
Launch Language Support. Set Keyboard input system to
fcitx
.
Launch Region & Language. Add Input Sources:
Chinese (QuickClassic)
.
Now you can see the language menu icon. You can use Shift to switch between the input methods.
add a comment |
Here I provide a quick way to install Quick Input Method (速成輸入法) in your Ubuntu.
Execute the following command to install the required packages.
sudo apt-get install fcitx fcitx-imlist fcitx-table-quick-classic
Restart your Ubuntu after the command execution.
Launch Language Support. Set Keyboard input system to
fcitx
.
Launch Region & Language. Add Input Sources:
Chinese (QuickClassic)
.
Now you can see the language menu icon. You can use Shift to switch between the input methods.
Here I provide a quick way to install Quick Input Method (速成輸入法) in your Ubuntu.
Execute the following command to install the required packages.
sudo apt-get install fcitx fcitx-imlist fcitx-table-quick-classic
Restart your Ubuntu after the command execution.
Launch Language Support. Set Keyboard input system to
fcitx
.
Launch Region & Language. Add Input Sources:
Chinese (QuickClassic)
.
Now you can see the language menu icon. You can use Shift to switch between the input methods.
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