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mohaham
May 30th, 2005, 07:36 PM
This HOWTO will guide you through the installation of Phonetic Urdu(language) keyboard on Hoary.

step#1 Download the Phonetic Urdu Keyboard from www.crulp.org
wget -c http://www.crulp.org/Downloads/ur

step#2 Copy this file to /etc/X11/xkb/symbols and /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc folders.
sudo cp ur /etc/X11/xkb/symbols
sudo cp ur /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc


step#3 Edit “xorg.lst” found in folder /etc/X11/xkb/rules
and add “ur Urdu Pakistan” under the ! layout section :
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst
add the following line under ! layout section:
ur Urdu Pakistan

step#4 Update /etc/X11/xkb/symbol.dir by this command:
cd /etc/X11/xkb
xkbcomp -lhlpR '*' -o ./symbols.dir

step#5 To add the Urdu keyboard goto Applications->System Tools->Configuration Editor->desktop->gnome->peripherals->keyboard->kbd->edit layouts and add "ur"
(without the quotes)

step#6 Add Keyboard Indicator Applet to the Panel to switsh between different languages.

step#7 Installation is complete.

For help with installation on Kubuntu refer to:
http://www.crulp.org/Downloads/Installation%20Guide.pdf

For detailed instructions on the installation refer to:
http://www.sovereign-renditions.info/urduwiki/UbuntuLinux
Quest-Master
May 31st, 2005, 01:09 AM
Awesome. I'll try to link this to some of my relatives. :D
aflatun
February 17th, 2006, 06:55 PM
I am a recent convert to Ubuntu and I followed these instructions to the dot. But for some reason it seems that some of the characters are missing. Anyone else having similar problems?
wisesabre
August 28th, 2006, 01:51 PM
I have tried the above Instruction and get this error (http://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1:Screenshot.png)

how to resolve it?

plus is there anything like TaskManager in Windows?

Thanks
wisesabre
August 28th, 2006, 02:34 PM
This problem is with Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" - Release amd64
Rayaz
June 3rd, 2008, 09:48 AM
I am a recent convert to Ubuntu and I followed these instructions to the dot. But for some reason it seems that some of the characters are missing. Anyone else having similar problems?

Same problem here, any solutions?