Ubuntu Manual

2016-12-14

Ubuntu is a user-friendly system in the series of linux, but it’s still linux. Thus, this paper is going to record my experience in using Ubuntu.

1. Install the Ubuntu system

　　 My Ubuntu system version is ubuntu-gnome-16.04.1-desktop-amd64

2. Change the Chinese into English in showing time

Just add the following contents into /etc/profile:

LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=en_US.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NAME=en_US.UTF-8

And then reboot your system.

3. Install the Guake

type the following command in the Terminal:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install guake

then set the guake to let it run at the beginning of the system: find the Startup Applications Preference(or “启动程序设置” if your system language is Chinese) and add the Guake application as follows:

4. Install sogou input in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Firstly, go to the sogou official website and download the deb file. Then press F12 to run Guake we’ve installed and type the command as sudo apt-get install gdebi to install “gdebi” tool.

After installing the “gdebi” tool and type cd Download to enter the sogou source file directory , then we begin install sogou input by typing sudo gdebi sogoupinyin.deb and reboot the system.

5.Errors encounter while using command

1) Error: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Solution:

1 2	sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

6. Editor– Sublime Text 3

1) Install Sublime Text 3: Steps
2) Solve the problem that the Sublime don’t support Chinese input: Solution
3) Solve the problem that the English words and Chinese words are not in the same position in a line: Solution