Enables users to type in Ajami from their keyboard into
LibreOffice 3.6 or newer on Linux computers.

Installation

1. Download this file: kbd_linux_unicode6.1_17-june-2013.kbdmap

2. Open this file in a text editor.

3. Select the entire text and copy it
    (press Ctrl+A followed by Ctrl+C).

4. Open a Terminal window. Click inside it.

5. Type or paste:
     sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xdb/symbols/ara
     and press Enter.

6. In this file, find the section called “Buckwalter”.

7. Select the entire section from
    “partial alphanumeric_keys”
    through the final “};”.

8. Paste the selection from the other file (press Ctrl+V).

9. Save the file ara and close the other file.

Activation

10. In Ubuntu 13 & 14, delete the pre-compiled keyboard
      maps:

>sudo rm /var/lib/xkb/*.xkm [corrected]

11. Launch System Settings

12. Open Keyboard Layout

13. Click on Add or on the plus sign (+)

14. In the language list, click on Arabic (Buckwalter)

15. Click on “ar” in the task bar to switch to Ajami
     keyboard.