Re: Regarding issues

[Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net>]

On 05/06/15 12:33 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Friday 05 June 2015 15:57:30 Gary Dale wrote:
> > On 05/06/15 09:55 AM, Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
> > > Hello
> > > I am a Linux enthusiast and have started using Debian a few days back
> > > after using Ubuntu for 2 years. Debian is really awesome and doesn't
> > > crash.
> > > Well, right now I have two major issues :
> > > 1. Debian cannot display languages as Hindi, not even Google Hindi in
> > > Chromium.
> > > 2. I just get confused in app names in Synaptic and want to install
> > > apps without using DVD easily.
> > > It would be great for this newbie to be properly guided.
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Himanshu Shekhar
> > > Linux enthusiast
> > You should be able to display Hindi AFAIK. Every major character set is
> > available in Linux. Just install the appropriate font(s) and set the
> > keyboard layout. This can be done through dpkg-reconfigure locales and
> > adding hi_IN.UTF-8 to the locales to be generated.
> I think he means having a Hindi system.  But you can do that too.  I once
> accidentally turned my entire system Japanese.  Which I can't read!!
>
> Lisi

Setting the locale to the newly generated one would give you that effect. Input and output would be in Hindi.