Avro Bangla keyboard is installed but not showing up language selection list to select on Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS

I could successfully installed and used Avro in my previous Ubuntu 18.02. This installation problem arises in Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS.

To install Avro, I am following the instructions from this thread: http://libtechbwn.blogspot.com/2018/06/install-avro-phonetics-in-ubuntu-1804.html

I have followed each step as instructed. I think the main problem occurs of my installation is in Manage Installed Languages. In Manage Installed Languages, after adding Bangla language package, I am losing all Bangla language selection options in language choose list.

The below mentioned pictures visualize the result of Bangla language package installation and result of the installation:

**Bangla Language Package** has been installed

After installing the language, the language selection list look like this: Language selection list after Bangla language package installation

I have restart ibus with restart ibus as instructed, it didn’t return any error.

I have tried to follow few threads here on Ask Ubuntu to solve my installation problem but in vain.

I have specially followed the following threads:

  • Installing Avro in 18.04 LTS
  • How to install ibus-avro in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?

I have also tried to install from Github, from this repository: https://github.com/maateen/avro/releases where the instruction are locate here: https://github.com/maateen/avro

Where could I possibly have done wrong during my Avro installation, so that this problem occurs?

After successfully adding Avro phonetic I got following output from different environment:

  • System Info

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  • StickyNote

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  • Avro version

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  • Avro 2.0.1 and 2.1.3 behavior in Ubuntu Default Text Editor

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  • Avro 2.0.1 and 2.1.3 behavior in Bijiben Quickly jot notes Note 3.28.1-1

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Solution 1:

When you installed the Bangla language from "Manage Installed Languages", the Bangla/Bengali input source options were moved from the "Other" window. Actually I think that you now see a "Bangla" item at the very first window when clicking the + button, and if you select "Bangla", a sub window will open with a number of options, including "Bengali (Avro Phonetic)".

Solution 2:

Adding a second answer to this question, since Avro Phonetic now has been made available to Ubuntu users via an official package.

To install it:

sudo apt install ibus-avro

That package is better than both 2.0-1 and 2.1-3. It installs the latest upstream software, including a bugfix which is important to Ubuntu users, and unlike 2.1-3 it does not depend on the ibus-qt4 package, which is not present in the Ubuntu 19.04 archive.