How to type the Indian Rupee Symbol?

Question

I want to type the Indian Rupee Symbol. So I went to System Settings >> Keyboard Layout and clicked on the Options button. Under the Adding Currency signs to keys sections, I checked the Rupee on 4 option.

Later when I opened the Layout Chart of the Keyboard there was Rupee sign in the 4 key but I do not know how to type the symbol. What combination of the keys will type the Rupee symbol on the screen?

Solution 1

Just press Alt R+4 like in below image:

See also this answer.

Note: You need to change your keyboard setting to English (India, with rupee sign) as default for this to work.

Solution 2

The other way is to use the following combination on any keyboard ctrl+shift+u then type 20b9 then spacebar This will add the rupee symbol.

Solution 3

IN ubuntu 14.04 LTS to get rupee sign (₹) follow the steps

1. click on symbol En
2. select text entry
3. click on + sign
4. double-click english(India ,with rupee sign)
5. close it
6. again click on symbol En
7. select english(India ,with rupee sign)
8. to type rupee sign press right Alt + 4

Solution 4

For 16.04 LTS

It is right side ALT + 4 while using English (India, with rupee sign ) keyboard layout.

Simply type " Text Entry " in dash and you will be able to select/add keyboard layouts. This works in 16.04 LTS.

Solution 5

For using rupee symbol (₹) go to insert → then symbol → then select rupee symbol → then go to shortcut key → there you put new shortcut key as (Alt+4) → then assign. After that you may use this symbol by Alt+4 from next time.

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Comments

[TheLoneKing]

I tried it but that method doesn't seem to work for me.

[Radu Rădeanu]

@Dineshkumar Are you using English (US) keyboard layout? If yes, then this is a problem. Try to change it to English (India, with RupeeSign) for example. See also: abhidg.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/….

[TheLoneKing]

I changed the layout to English (India, with RupeeSign) and now I can type the Indian Rupee symbol ₹ :) But with this layout, I can type the symbol even without selecting the Rupee on 4 option. So what is the point of having a separate option for that when it can be done only with a particular layout (even without enabling the option)?

[Radu Rădeanu]

@Dineshkumar What is the point: selecting the Rupee on 4 option will work with any other keyboard layout different by Englsh (US). Maybe is a kind of bug. Some explanations you can find here: abhidg.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/…

[Luís de Sousa]

Welcome to AskUbuntu. Your answer is not understandable, please explain what you mean by "go to insert".

[Rmano]

@Dineshkumar the problem is that Rupee on 4 will work with any keyboard with AltGt enabled. English(US) is one of the few layouts that did not enable AltGr. See askubuntu.com/questions/432957/…

[Chirayu Shishodiya]

For LinuxMint release 17.1 (rebecca), I opened Keyboard -> Layouts tab -> Options -> Adding currency signs to certain keys option -> Check 'Rupee on 4'. Use Alt-R + 4 key to type the rupee symbol.

[bluepearlsky]

It did not work with LibreOffice on Ubuntu 14.04.LTS updated till March 2016.

[Ubuntuser]

@bluepearlsky: just tested it . it works just fine. please press the keys in succession. it will work.

[navjotjsingh]

This is the only method that works for me in Ubuntu 16.04.