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Martin Hope
Zatara7
Asked: 2018-07-31 13:28:00 +0800 CST
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I am trying to type in Arabic as well as in English. I set up the Arabic keyboard using the following steps:

Settings -> Region & Language -> + -> Arabic

I also added Arabic (QWERTY) just to check.

After doing that I get the little switcher on the top right. The problem is when I switch the language it keeps typing in English. Anyone know what is going on? I am very confused!

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Martin Hope
PocketSam
Asked: 2018-04-22 06:52:44 +0800 CST
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How can I switch input language with CapsLock on Ubuntu 18.04? For some reason when I try to set CapsLock as a switching key it enables Caps, but doesn't set it as switching language key.

When this window is open and I press Caps, the LED light switches on and off. But the key isn't registered.

Set key combination for language switching

Update: As explained in the linked post, you have to use Gnome Tweak Tool to change these settings.

sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool
keyboard keyboard-layout language 18.04
Martin Hope
weeGstrom
Asked: 2013-11-23 04:23:01 +0800 CST
  • 39

I just got myself a dedicated server that's running Ubuntu 13.10 64BIT and it is in French language (console.online.net). Is there any way to install an English language package ?

I'm a Linux newbie and the fact that its in French doesn't help

Sorry, the comments didn't work for me so I just edit here :

I get:

Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
E: Impossible de trouver le paquet language-support-en

When I type sudo apt-get install language-support-en

Somehow it doesn't just work :(

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Martin Hope
Beni Bogosel
Asked: 2012-10-24 11:16:34 +0800 CST
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I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 by keeping the home folders from Linux Mint 13 distribution. The system installed fine, but at the beginning everything was in Chinese (even the text in the Terminal). I managed to solve that by editing some files, but I still get an error whenever a command is not found in Terminal. Here it is:

Sorry, command-not-found has crashed! Please file a bug report at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/command-not-found/+filebug
Please include the following information with the report:

command-not-found version: 0.3
Python version: 3.2.3 final 0
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 12.10
Release:    12.10
Codename:   quantal
Exception information:

unsupported locale setting
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/CommandNotFound/util.py", line 24, in crash_guard
callback()
  File "/usr/lib/command-not-found", line 69, in main
enable_i18n()
  File "/usr/lib/command-not-found", line 40, in enable_i18n
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/locale.py", line 541, in setlocale
return _setlocale(category, locale)
locale.Error: unsupported locale setting

How can I get rid of this error. It says that it is a locale error, so I guess it might be related to the initial language problem, but I'm not an expert in linux stuff. What is your opinion?

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Martin Hope
McGee
Asked: 2012-05-08 08:46:45 +0800 CST
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Using system settings I changed my language to Arabic and deleted the English language from the settings. Then the computer lagged and it logged out - now I can't log back in because the login is in Arabic.

So is there a way to default my language via terminal, default the login password language, or login via terminal which is still in English. I only have access to guest and a terminal.

I changed the pasword to something that could be translated into arabic http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword - then loged in and used system settings to default.

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