"ibus-qt4" package missing from disco packages

Question

I tried to install avro. But it depends on ibus-qt4. When I searched, it is not in Disco packages. How can I install the package?

https://github.com/maateen/avro/issues/123 – Jeryosh Apr 22 '19 at 11:00 — Jeryosh, Apr 22 '19 at 11:00

N0rbert · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-22T13:26:56.060

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You can install this software if you download required dependencies from 18.10 (cosmic) repository manually:

cd ~/Downloads
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/ibus-qt/libibus-qt1_1.3.3-1build2_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./libibus-qt1_1.3.3-1build2_amd64.deb

wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/i/icu/libicu60_60.2-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./libicu60_60.2-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb

wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/ibus-qt/ibus-qt4_1.3.3-1build2_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./ibus-qt4_1.3.3-1build2_amd64.deb

wget https://github.com/maateen/avro/releases/download/v2.1/avro_2.1-3_all.deb
sudo apt install ./avro_2.1-3_all.deb

Note: manual package installation is not recommended, but in your particular case I do not see other possibilities.

edited Apr 22 '19 at 13:26

answered Apr 22 '19 at 11:54

N0rbert

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Is it ok to install from another repository? – Sharif Minhazul Islam Apr 22 '19 at 12:34
It is OK for your particular case. But is not recommended in usual way. – N0rbert Apr 22 '19 at 13:25
Some Ubuntu flavours (like Xubuntu) doesn't include IBus input method out of the box. One has to install ibus, ibus-m17n, ibus-gtk, ibus-gtk3 packages before installing Avro. Avro is working on 19.04 using above method but it may not work in the future. Best option is to learn real Bangla typing which Ubuntu easily supports. – HattinGokbori87 Jun 18 '19 at 20:57

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 17 '19 at 19:13

A better solution would be installing Avro from Gunnar Hjalmarsson's PPA-

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gunnarhj/avro
sudo apt install avro

This version isn't dependent on "ibus-qt4".

Edit by Gunnar Hjalmarsson:

Well, I have closed down that PPA. The reason is that Avro Phonetic has now been made available to Ubuntu users via an official package.

To install it:

sudo apt install ibus-avro

It does not have that ibus-qt4 dependency. ibus-avro in the Ubuntu archive installs the latest upstream software, including a bugfix which is important to Ubuntu users.

"ibus-qt4" package missing from disco packages

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