– Updated –
To get correct rendering of telugu in ubuntu fallow the steps :
In Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (Current Version):
- sudo apt-get install ttf-telugu-fonts language-pack-te
- Restart any application which is opened to take the effect (Such as Firefox)
- You are done! Enjoy the telugu font – Test page : http://te.wikipedia.org
** Ubuntu developers included Lohit font in ttf-telugu-fonts package in the latest versions
For Older versions of Ubuntu:
In Ubuntu Dapper & Ubuntu Edgy :
- sudo apt-get install ttf-telugu-fonts ttf-indic-fonts language-pack-te
- wget http://abhiomkar.googlepages.com/fonts.cache-1
- sudo cp fonts.cache-1 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-telugu-fonts
- sudo fc-cache
- Restart your computer ( or restart the xsession ) to get correct telugu rendering
In Ubuntu Feisty Fawn / Gutsy / Hardy :
- sudo apt-get install ttf-telugu-fonts ttf-indic-fonts language-pack-te
- wget http://abhiomkar.googlepages.com/lohit_te.ttf
- sudo cp lohit_te.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-telugu-fonts/
- sudo fc-cache
- Restart your computer ( or restart the xsession ) to get correct telugu rendering
To test for it try http://te.wikipedia.org or http://www.swecha.org/?q=node/23
telugu SCIM – if you want to type in telugu fallow these steps :
I prefer RTS type style for telugu because it is easy
In Ubuntu Latest Version (from Edgy):
- sudo apt-get install scim-m17n
- wget http://abhiomkar.googlepages.com/te-rts.mim
- sudo cp te-rts.mim /usr/share/m17n/
In Ubuntu Dapper (Older Version):
- sudo apt-get install scim scim-gtk2-immodule scim-m17n m17n-lib m17n-db
- wget http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~snk/pub/scim/scim-m17n_0.2.0_i386.deb
- wget http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~snk/pub/scim/m17n-lib-bin_1.3.3_i386.deb
- wget http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~snk/pub/scim/m17n-db_1.3.3_all.deb
- wget http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~snk/pub/scim/libm17n-0_1.3.3_i386.deb
- http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~snk/pub/scim/libm17n-dev_1.3.3_i386.deb
- sudo dpkg -i *.deb
- wget http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~snk/pub/scim/te-rts.mim
- sudo cp te-rts.mim /usr/share/m17n/
To run SCIM whenever you login into Gnome, do this – Open gnome-session-properties ( System > Preferences > Sessions ), in Click Add button in Startup Programs tab, fill the Name and Command as scim, Restart the Gnome session or just run scim command from terminal.
After restart, now you can type telugu everywhere (at GTK, Qt ). Just right click where you want to type telugu select input method as SCIM, and press ctrl+space to switch from telugu to english or english to telugu.
You have to select the telugu language from the scim toolbox.
Enjoy 
పండగ చేసుకో ఇక…
My GNOME desktop in Telugu
Showing Firefox 3.5.5 (te.wikipedia.org) in Ubuntu 9.10 for Telugu Rendering with Lohit Font
Got very excited with the Telugu language (మాతృ భాష) in Linux ?
You can get complete Telugu Desktop in GNOME, Do this…
- sudo apt-get install language-pack-gnome-te-base language-pack-gn
- Open System > Administration > Language Support
- Check Telugu Support, Click Apply.
- Then Restart Ubuntu. You are done. మొత్తం తెలుగు వస్తది ర బై.
In Ubuntu Dapper & Ubuntu Edgy :
- sudo apt-get install ttf-telugu-fonts ttf-indic-fonts language-pack-te
- wget http://abhiomkar.googlepages.com/fonts.cache-1
- sudo cp fonts.cache-1 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-telugu-fonts
- sudo fc-cache
45 Comments
చాలా బావుంది
Pretty awesome. I tried using the Pothana2000.ttf to get the Telugu Fonts but was not able to. I’ll try this. Nice job for the tutorial.
Also, for the telugu transliterator of “Firefox” should be, phi ya re phaax .. you put phire fox.. its a bit different
శుభం. The procedure for Edgy is even simpler (one does not need to install my packages because Edgy already comes with the required versions).
I wrote instructions for Edgy, as well as how to enlarge Pothana2000 font on my blog:
http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~snk/2006-12-11-a-guide-to-telugu-on-ubuntu-gnu-linux.html
సెలవు
good and nice work.
Cheers Eletoo!
Hello
I have followed the steps to install telugu fonts in my laptop.
i am having ubuntu edgy and firefox and after i followed the steps and restarted the laptop and when i open telugu website (eenadu) my browser is getting closed automatically.
is there something i am missing in my installation or do i need to do something for this problem?
but when i open http://www.swecha.org/?q=node/23, its showing perfectly.
please suggest me.
thanks
@ suran
Open firefox from the terminal and check for any error messages. Is that problem is only when you open eenadu page or all telugu pages ?
Hi ahinay
The problem is only when i try to open eenadu website.I am not a linux guy but i am starting to be.
when i open firefox from terminal the browser is getting opened but no messages displayed in the terminal
thanks
Hi ahinay
The problem is only when i try to open eenadu website.I am not a linux guy but i am starting to be.
when i open firefox from terminal the browser is getting opened but no messages displayed in the terminal
thanks
@ Suren
download eenadu font from here : http://www.eenadu.net/eenadu.xyz . Rename it as eenadu.ttf then move it to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-telugu-fonts/ then enter ’sudo fc-cache’ command , Try to open eenadu website after restarting the firefox. Then you ‘ll get correct telugu rendering in http://eenadu.net.
Hi Abhinay
I downloaded eenadu fonts from the eenadu website and copied into the ttf-telugu-fonts folder and it works.
i could read the eenadu news online now, but i have a small problem here. The fonts are displayed with small hyphen symbols.
its like this -thaa-jaa -vaarhta-lu.
why is it so?
thanks
Hi,
In version 6.04 i was able to see the Telugu font Web pages properly after following your instructions.
I recently upgraded my Ubuntu Os from 6.10 to 7.04.
After upgrading to 7.04, again, i was not able to see the Telugu font properly.
Is there any issues with 7.04 to see Telugu font web pages ?
Thanks,
-Vasu
@ Vasu
Hi Vasu,
There is no issue with 7.04 rendering Telugu. You can read Telugu web pages as in previous versions of Ubuntu.
You do not need to do all the above in the new version of ubuntu. Just do this,
sudo sed -i s/lang=:/lang=te:/g /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-telugu-fonts/fonts.cache-1
fc-cache
And make sure you have language-pack-te, language-support-te packages installed, if not apt-get them. And Let me know if it works.
Cheers
Hi Abhinay,
I do not have fonts.cache file in ttf-telugu-fonts directory.
Did i missed something in upgrade ? Do you know how to get it ?
sudo sed -i s/lang=:/lang=te:/g /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-telugu-fonts/fonts.cache-1
sed: can’t read /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-telugu-fonts/fonts.cache-1: No such file or directory
Thanks,
-Vasu
@ Vasu
You can download fonts.cache-1 file from here, Just fallow these steps.
sudo su -
cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-telugu-fonts
wget http://abhiomkar.googlepages.com/fonts.cache-1
fc-cache
Cheers
Hi Abhinay,
After following those commands, the telugu font is dispalying as follwoing…
అన్నమయ్య సంకీర్తనలు – అన్నమాచార్య సంకీర్తనలు – కీర్తనలు
Do you know how to fix it ?
Thanks,
-Vasu
hi there,
Nice tutorial but i am new to feisty fawn and i am not able to render telugu fonts i tried all the commands u have given here but its still unable to render ,,,i have the same output as vasu can u please help
Hi ALL,
blog updated for feisty fawn, check it out
Awesome man
నమస్కారము…
nice tutorial; thanks.. i would like to put it on my blog too..
btw… i am a linux newbie..
could you tell me what exactly is happening in the tutorial?
after i install the ubuntu font package.. what’s the need to install a new font??
[what exactly is the ubuntu font package consisting of??]
@ పునీత్
Actually, there is a bug with the pottana font , thats why i have used lohit font in Ubuntu Feisty.
oh okay!
then shudn’t pothana be replaced with lohit [or some other font.] in ubuntu package??
Thanks a lot for the tip. Very useful.
/kamesh.
Tried and was sucessful with the instructions. However, ఈనాడు (eenadu) rendering has the extra “-”, which makes it difficult to read. ఆంధ్రప్రభ (aandhraprabha) was much worse with English alphabets overlaying the telugu text.
Then I remembered that Mozilla / Firefox has the “padma” add-on for conversion of proprietary fonts (indian langauges) to public formats (and viceversa). Installing this (from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/873 ) fixed all the issues.
Thank you for the instructions.
Hi this is a very good post. But what about the Ubuntu 7.10? How to make my Ubuntu 7.10 box to render telugu on its desktop and in the system ? How to type in telugu in my Ubuntu 7.10 box? Please help me
Hi Kanna,
I didn’t install Ubuntu 7.10 on my box. I ‘ll let you know how to render or type telugu in Ubuntu Gutsy as soon as i install it.
later
Thanks man! Am able to read telugu in firefox now.
It is good but I wnated to download lunix
ఆభినయ్! ముందుగా మీకు నా కృతజ్ఞతలు. మీ పుణ్యమా అని ఉబంటూ8.04 లో తెలుగు టైప్ చేయగల్గుతున్నాను.కాకపోతే చిన్న ప్రాబ్లెమ్! లినక్స్ అనే పదంలో క్స తర్వాత పొల్లు కనిపిస్తుంది- నేను టైప్ చేసినా, ఏదైనా తెలుగు సైట్ చూసినా సరే! దీన్ని సరిచేసె ఉపాయం తెలిఅయచేయగలరు.
కృతజ్ఞ్నతలతో
బాబు!
its good
its good and i want do something to swetcha becase iam letreture student but i dont know how to contact to swecha
abhinay garu namaskaram.nenu orkut lo na profile ni telugulo rayalanukuntunnanu but orkutlo telugu ala rayalo naku teleedu meeru chepthara
@ sri
use quillpad.in
@ sri
use quillpad.in & do copy-paste
అభినై,
మీకు క్రుతజ్ఞుడను. “ఞ ” మరియు ఇతర అక్ష రములు వ్రాయుటకు లెఖిని.ఒఅర్జి చూచాను.
నేను ఉబుంటు లినక్సు వాడుచున్నాను
ప్రసాదు
@ G.D.Prasad
Thank you!
But, I didn’t understand the second sentence in your above comment.
hi,i followed ur steps for ububtu hardy.i copied and executed ur first command it seemed to install fonts of many languages telugu,tamil,gujarathi,malayalam,and many others.when i try to run ur second command,then entered my password the error message says:cp: cannot stat `lohit_te.ttf’: No such file or directory
and i’m not able to see telugu script on eenadu page.can someone help me..thanx in advance
అభినయ్ గారూ, ధన్యవాదాలు..
ఉబుంటులోకి మారి కొద్ది రోజులైంది.. తెలుగు రావట్లేదే అని తన్నుకుంటుండగా ఫైర్ఫాక్సు వారి సహకారం దొరికి, బ్రౌజర్లో మటుకు తెలుగు వచ్చింది. ఆపైన మీ బ్లాగు సాయంతో చక్కని తెలుగు దొరికినట్లైంది. మరో వెయ్యి ధన్యవాదాలు అందుకోండి.!!
Is it possible to remap keys in SCIM; if so, how?
If not, in any other intelligent IM?
chalaa bagundi
its good
thanks a lot sir
Here is another link…
http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/language-pack-gnome-te
గణన యంత్రం, చెత్తబుట్ట భలే నచ్చాయి.
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