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Can I set the onboard keyboard in a different language than my system language?

I am moving to China and I'll need an onboard keypad with character prediction in Chinese. I want to keep my physical keyboard set to English, but I'll need an onboard Chinese keyboard on my screen ...
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Nautilus problems after changing language

I changed ubuntu system wide language from English to Japanese. Here are the steps as they happened: I changed system wide language from English to Japanese via Settings I got a popup dialogue asking ...
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How to build a language pack for endangered languages?

I want to learn how to build language packs to preserve and advertise endangered languages. It can also be of great help for conlangers.
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How do I get classical greek to work in Ubuntu?

I am using LaTeX to write academic books and papers, and I need to write some things in classical Greek. The material will be citations from authors who wrote classical Greek (the authors will, ...
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Urdu Fonts Display Issue on Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS - Seeking Solutions

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS and encountering issues with Urdu fonts. In various applications such as browsers and text editors, many Urdu words appear broken and fail to join properly. I've attached ...
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How do I switch to another language?

How do you switch Ubuntu to another (human) language without reinstalling it?
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Keyboard shortcuts for each input language

Can I set up keyboard shortcuts for each input language? For example I want to set "Ctrl + 8" for English, "Ctrl + 9" for Ukrainian and "Ctrl + 0" for Russian languages. I don't want to switch and ...
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Do additional language packs need to be downloaded?

I'm installing Ubuntu (12.04) right now. I wanted to know if additional language packs have to be downloaded because my Internet is very slow. I chose English as my language.
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Is there a Google Input tools alternative for Ubuntu?

For typing non-English languages, the ubuntu keyboard does not provide auto suggestions like Google Input tools. There is only the phonetic typing option. Is there a good alternative which is as ...
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How do I install a new language and enable it from the command line?

This seems to be undocumented. The problem is that I have a headless server, which was minimally installed with one language, but must be reconfigured to a second language; I need to script this ...
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Switching language without restarting?

I'm learning a new language and I'd like to be able to switch my system language to better immerse myself. I've installed the new language pack, but I noticed Gnome requires you to logout and restart ...
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KDE Plasma 5 Undesireable Keyboard Layout Switching Behavior

I recently switched OS from Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu Studio 20.10 via a clean install. Overall, I am very happy with my new OS so far; Plasma is sleek and intuitive. However, I've been facing an ...
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How does language support work in Lubuntu?

There are a few things that I do not clearly understand concerning the way languages and language-related features are used on Ubuntu. (I'm on Lubuntu.) They are all related, and I guess I can post ...
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Unknown Symbol Appear in the application window in Ubuntu 22.04.3

I have installed Ubuntu 22.04.3 on my Windows 11 system using Oracle VirtualBox. But when I open some apps, these symbols are appearing: What do I do?
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Pinyin Chinese Input 20.04.3

I've read through a number of posts on the forum and guides elsewhere, but none of them have my exact issue or offer solutions that work. I have a fresh Ubuntu 20.04.3 installation and need to be able ...
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Neo/AdNW/KOY Keyboard Layout - Mod4 broken

I wanted to test some of those new "layered" Keyboards, like Neo, AdNW or KOY. I read that when using Linux it is quite easy, compared to windows or mac, so i wanted to give it a try. I ...
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home folders automatic translation Dolphin

I bought a new laptop with ubuntu studio 23.10 installed (in Belgium). There seems to be a problem with an automatic translation of (important) file and folder names. I can't understand if this is ...
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Show flags instead of labels in the keyboard layout language indicator in GNOME shell

Is there a way to show flags instead of labels in the language indicator in the top panel, in gnome-shell (3.28)? I found this setting in dconf-editor: /org/gnome/libgnomekbd/indicator/show-flags But ...
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Changing Languages on Login / BIOS Screen

I recently installed Lubuntu on one of my old PCs, and put in a password in English. The next time I opened my computer and was asked for my password only the Hebrew keyboard was available, leaving me ...
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How to prevent focus from window on top when switching language

I'm surprised that I didn't find a solution for that online. Or in configs, actually. The setup is that I have a different language on every window, and I have a window (terminal) set to be on top. ...
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Can not install a new language on Xfce4

I'm trying to install Arabic language but when I press on " Install / Remove language " from " language support " these messages shows up: first message second message
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Comma appears in front of last typed word in IBus Pinyin input method

I'm using the IBus Chinese "Intelligent" Pinyin input method to enter Chinese characters. However, I noticed a problem when entering punctuation: While entering a Chinese word and NOT ...
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Unable to Input Chinese Characters Using Pinyin

I'm on Ubuntu 22.04, and I'm trying to input Chinese characters using ibus and/or ibus-pinyin. The problem I face is that, no matter what input methods I try to switch to, I never see the expected pop-...
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How do I install a new language pack for Tesseract on 16.04

Just installed gscan2pdf v1.3.9 as well as Tesseract. As for the latter, first it appeared at the bottom of my Installed Software list, but now it seems to be gone, although still working (I think). ...
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How to NOT show keyboard layout chooser popup when changing language in GNOME 3

Since I installed 17.10, when switching language with the assigned keyboard shortcut I get this switcher "window" that obstructs me from typing for a couple of seconds. And yes, a couple of seconds is ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS language pack installed, BUT inserting specific letters does not work

As you can see in the below image the additional language pack is installed. The switch works, but inserting the Romanian specific letters from the keyboard does not work. I am using the same version ...
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Problem with switching to next language using the keyboard

I have two languages installed. English and my mother tongue (let's say Italian, as an example). I've configured to change language with Alt + Shift from Switching to another layout of Additional ...
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I'm seeing Weird block letters instead of alphabets on login screen on Ubuntu 20.04

Last night, I've installed Nepali keyboard layout on my Ubuntu 20.04 and I tested it, it worked as expected. But, today when I switched on PC back I am getting this screen. I have tried removing the ...
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Some scripts (languages) are missing in my Character Map

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. In my character-map some scripts (Languages) are missing. How can I get them? Is it possible to reinstall them? For example,here there is no mathematics option: apt-...
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Create keyboard shortcut to type special characters missing because of different physical and software language keyboard layout

I have an English QWERTY keyboard, however I want to type in Spanish/Catalan layout. I am having problems with the angle brackets (< and >) because in the Spanish layout there is a specific ...
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How do you add a language in glibc.git if the ISO 639-2 code does not exist for it?

I want to add translations for Colognian (https://translations.launchpad.net/+languages/ksh) in the Ubuntu Launchpad. For this, I have to create an Ubuntu translation team. In order to do this, I have ...
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How do I set the system locale to English (India) rather than English on Ubuntu 23.04?

I want my system locale to be English (India) rather than English. I tried the kernel command line option locale.LANGUAGE=en_IN.UTF-8 when booting. However, the Writer application in the LibreOffice ...
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How not to cycle between two most recent languages in GNOME?

I have Ubuntu 22.04 and GNOME as my desktop environment. The behaviour I would like to achieve is each time I switch language I go to the next one, but for some reason it changed lately to just ...
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How can I write japanese characters?

I'm not Japanese but I'm learning the language and I want to know how to write these characters. I already searched how to do it and found Ibus-anthy but it's seriously buggy for me for some reason. ...
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Japanese default input mode

I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 on my PC, I use Mozc to input Japanese. Its default input mode is direct input(input English), I need to change it to hirakana everytime after restarting PC. Can I make ...
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Can't write accent characters in Ubuntu 14.04

Alright. This is the scenery that I got: I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, I am using an American (international) keyboard and my OS is in Portuguese Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese) I am a new user of Linux. ...
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How to change super + space menu item position to stay consistent?

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04. When using super+space to switch languages, the small menu that pops up in the middle of the screen always has the current language centered, meaning that the position of the ...
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How to change language in Darktable from Ubuntu

Darktable language inexplicably changed itself to Czech The darktable FAQ says it uses the OS's language.. but my OS's language is English. So where could it be getting the idea it should be Czech? It ...
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18.04: How to install hindi phonetic dictionary?

I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 and am planning to move all my activities from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 18.04. In Windows, I can type using English-Hindi transliteration keyboard with transliteration ...
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Can't switch keyboard layout in terminal (Lubuntu 20.04)

I am using a bilingual version of Lubuntu 20.04. In virtual console the primary layout should be English, but I can't switch language to English - it is always secondary one so virtual console is ...
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Remove specific character from compositor

My keyboard settings are set to "US, alt. intl" and something that bothers me is that whenever I try to write words like "we've" I end up writing "weǘe" because '+v ...
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warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale

I want to switch to French locale. So I tried the below command: myUbundu@myUbundu-desktop:~$ export LC_ALL=fr_FR But I am getting the warning -bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change ...
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How to switch to English in BusyBox?

my computer goes to busybox and (apparently) the keyboard is stuck on hebrew, therefore, i can not enter lowercase english letters and hebrew coms out as squares, how can I switch to English?
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Switching language by Alt + Shift after update from Ubuntu 22.04 beta to release is not working

Switching language settings made by Tweaks tool (gnome-tweak-tool) like described in accepted answer here. After performing update to release version by sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade ...
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how to change LibreOffice UI's language?

I'm using LibreOffice with Ubuntu 16:04. The system is in English. I wanted to change UI only for LibreOffice to Polish. In LibreOffice in tools -> options there is only English (and English US) as ...
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Language changed to Chinese, how do I change it back?

I am using latest ubuntu. My language changed to chinese somehow. Everything comes in chinese and I couldn't get it back to english. Tried changing in language support, but english is written in ...
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All GNOME parts are showing in English even if the Language is “Chinese (China)”

All GNOME parts are showing in English even if the Language is “Chinese (China)”, except GDM. I tried to switch languages in gnome-control-center for many times, but it does not take any effects. (...
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Turn off language localization on VLC player in Kubuntu

I'm using Kubuntu 18.10, and VLC (3.0.4) which was installed by default. The problem I have is that I cannot change the language of the interface to English. When I searched for "how to change the ...
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Is it possible to set (us, intl., with dead keys) keyboard layout as the spanish input method

My system is installed in English as my native langue is English; however, sometimes I need to be able to write in Spanish or other langues. Likewise my keyboard is a US Keyboard. This creates an ...
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how do I go about removing all the language packs I don't need

I just noticed that in /usr/share/help I have the ubuntu help files in 70 different languages. I only speak 2, and I only really compute in one. I also noticed that it is full of broken symbolic links ...

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