I still cannot key in Chinese characters although I have selected Chinese.

Matthew_Wai · Post by **Matthew_Wai** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:14 am

I use Mint 19 Cinnamon (64-bit) in English and have installed the following packages:

ibus ibus-table ibus-table-quick ibus-table-quick-classic ibus-table-quick3
  ibus-table-quick5

In "Language Settings", I have selected "IBus" as the input method. And I have selected "Chinese" as shown below. However, I still cannot key in Chinese characters. What should I do?

Matthew_Wai · Post by **Matthew_Wai** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:23 am

"super-language-pack-zh_TW" cannot be located. What should be used instead of "zh_TW"?

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matthew@pc:~$ apt-get install --print-uris super-language-pack-zh_TW
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package super-language-pack-zh_TW

catweazel · Post by **catweazel** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:30 am

Matthew_Wai wrote: ⤴Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:23 am "super-language-pack-zh_TW" cannot be located. What should be used instead of "zh_TW"?
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matthew@pc:~$ apt-get install --print-uris super-language-pack-zh_TW
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package super-language-pack-zh_TW

A search of google would have told you that there is no such animal as super-language-pack-zh_TW.

One more google search would have led you here: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keyw ... ge-pack-zh

Matthew_Wai · Post by **Matthew_Wai** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:41 am

catweazel wrote: ⤴Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:30 amhttps://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keyw ... ge-pack-zh

All packages there are translations. What I need is a Chinese input method rather than a Chinese translation.

Matthew_Wai · Post by **Matthew_Wai** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 10:15 am

mintlocale im
Is there a way to manually download the "Language support" packages via URLs?

Matthew_Wai · Post by **Matthew_Wai** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:05 am

Is it possible to install "Traditional Chinese" below via Terminal? What are the commands?

gladys · Post by **gladys** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 9:05 pm

I did the following and, like a breeze, can get various ways of inputting Chinese:

1. in LANGUAGE, add Chinese (the region(s) of Chinese you prefer);
2. in Synpatic Package Managerinstall all 10 packages of "gcin" displayed ;
3. RESTART linux mint; then you would see a language applet in the panel, clicking it will show all kinds of Chinese input methods with shortcut keys listed;

enjoy!

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