How to Install Sinhala Unicode for Ubuntu Linux

  • Before activate Unicode You have to remove SCIM. You can't use iBus with SCIM installed on your computer.
sudo apt-get remove scim
  • For configuring the iBus Goto System -> Preferences -> IBus Preferences and open "IBus Preferences" dialog box. Select "Input Method" tab and Choose a suitable keyboard layout under Sinhala.

  • Then goto home directory(~) and open .bashrc file add following code to end of the file and save.
export GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus
export XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
export QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
  • To add iBus as startup application System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications and open Startup Applications dialog box and click add and enter enter enter "IBus" in "Name" text box, "ibus-daemon" in "Command" text box.

  • For setting up fonts Go to /usr/share/fonts/truetype as root and delete "freefonts" directory. Install new Sinhala Unicode font and update Ubuntu's font cache.
sudo fc-cache -f -v


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Arosha Uduwerella.

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