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GUI Junkie
Asked: 2015-12-17 02:45:47 +0800 CST

How to update iBus?

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I'm using PyCharm and sometimes the keyboard stops working because of iBus. The latest versions of PyCharm have a warning message recommending use of iBus 1.5.11 or newer.

1) How can I check the version of iBus?

2) How can I update iBus?

3) Can I safely remove iBus if I write in Dutch, Spanish and English (sometimes German)?

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    1) Checking the version of IBus is simple

    ibus version

    2) Instructions here

    Download the following files in a folder

    gir1.2-ibus-1.0_1.5.11+git20151104-2-0ubuntu1~xenial1_amd64.deb ibus_1.5.11+git20151104-2-0ubuntu1~xenial1_amd64.deb ibus-gtk_1.5.11+git20151104-2-0ubuntu1~xenial1_amd64.deb ibus-gtk3_1.5.11+git20151104-2-0ubuntu1~xenial1_amd64.deb libibus-1.0-5_1.5.11+git20151104-2-0ubuntu1~xenial1_amd64.deb

    Install

    sudo dpkg -i *.deb

    Don't pay attention to the warnings and restart

    3) No. sudo apt-get remove ibus gives the following warning:

    The following packages will be REMOVED
    ibus ibus-table ubuntu-desktop unity-control-center unity-control-center-signon

    It seems like ubuntu-desktop, unity-control-center and unity-control-center-signon are important programs.

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