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Igbo

This keyboard created with Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator.

Akan

Windows

Keyboard prepared with Microsoft's Keyboard Layout Creator (http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx). See attachment for download and installation instructions.

Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu Linux as of version 6.06 (Dapper Drake) comes with the Akan keyboard.

Instructions

  • Go to System -> Preferences -> Keyboard
  • Choose Layouts
  • Press Add... to add the secondary keyboard layout. Select Ghana from the Available layouts. Select Akan.
    NB: It is simpler to have two layouts; the maximum is currently four for Xorg.

Yoruba

Windows

Keyboard prepared with Microsoft's Keyboard Layout Creator (http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx). See attached for downloadable installer.

Ubuntu Linux

There is no support for Nigerian language input methods in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) or older versions. These instructions are a workaround. Try it if you are confident of your ability to recover your system if you accidentally wreck it.

How to Install Keyboard

  1. BACKUP /etc/X11/xkb/rules/base.xml AND /etc/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst
  2. Download the keyboard layout map file from below if you haven't done so already.
  3. Acquire root priviledges. # su
  4. Copy the layout file to where it's expected to be. # cp ng /etc/X11/xkb/symbols
  5. Edit /etc/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst with your favourite text editor and insert the following line to the layout section

Hausa

Keyboard prepared with Microsoft's Keyboard Layout Creator (http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx).

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