Yoruba - Fact Sheet

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
   
   ng     Nigeria
   See the attached sample file. You may also just replace your base.lst with the one attached below.
6. Edit /etc/X11/xkb/rules/base.xml and insert the following lines under the LayoutList XML node:
   
<layout>
<configItem>
<name>ng</name>
<description>Nigeria</description>
</configItem>
<variantList>
<variant>
<configItem>
<name>yoruba</name>
<description>Yoruba</description>
</configItem>
</variant>
</variantList>
</layout>

   See the attached sample file. You may also just replace your base.xml with the one attached below.

7. Restart the X server by pressing ctrl+alt+backspace to complete the installation.