"ibus-qt4" package missing from disco packages

I tried to install avro. But it depends on ibus-qt4. When I searched, it is not in Disco packages. How can I install the package?

Solution 1:

You can install this software if you download required dependencies from 18.10 (cosmic) repository manually:

cd ~/Downloads
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/ibus-qt/libibus-qt1_1.3.3-1build2_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./libibus-qt1_1.3.3-1build2_amd64.deb

wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/i/icu/libicu60_60.2-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./libicu60_60.2-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb

wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/ibus-qt/ibus-qt4_1.3.3-1build2_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./ibus-qt4_1.3.3-1build2_amd64.deb

wget https://github.com/maateen/avro/releases/download/v2.1/avro_2.1-3_all.deb
sudo apt install ./avro_2.1-3_all.deb

Note: manual package installation is not recommended, but in your particular case I do not see other possibilities.

Solution 2:

A better solution would be installing Avro from Gunnar Hjalmarsson's PPA-

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gunnarhj/avro
sudo apt install avro

This version isn't dependent on "ibus-qt4".

Edit by Gunnar Hjalmarsson:

Well, I have closed down that PPA. The reason is that Avro Phonetic has now been made available to Ubuntu users via an official package.

To install it:

sudo apt install ibus-avro

It does not have that ibus-qt4 dependency. ibus-avro in the Ubuntu archive installs the latest upstream software, including a bugfix which is important to Ubuntu users.