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          The Arabic language keyboard code is ar



          To add the Arabic support


          Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the commands below.



          setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,ar





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          • I thought it should be ara, no?
            – user.dz
            Mar 25 '14 at 18:55






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            The display name is ara, but the actual code is ar.
            – Mitch
            Mar 25 '14 at 19:56










          • Both work, but all resource I found mention ara for Arabic. May be ara is a legacy/old code. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3 . Thank you
            – user.dz
            Mar 25 '14 at 21:06










          • The above is not permanent, i have to reenter the above command when i restart ubuntu
            – Ibn Saeed
            Aug 2 '14 at 9:23










          • @IbnSaeed What flavor/release of Ubuntu are you using?
            – Mitch
            Aug 2 '14 at 10:17











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          The Arabic language keyboard code is ar



          To add the Arabic support


          Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the commands below.



          setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,ar





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          • I thought it should be ara, no?
            – user.dz
            Mar 25 '14 at 18:55






          • 1




            The display name is ara, but the actual code is ar.
            – Mitch
            Mar 25 '14 at 19:56










          • Both work, but all resource I found mention ara for Arabic. May be ara is a legacy/old code. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3 . Thank you
            – user.dz
            Mar 25 '14 at 21:06










          • The above is not permanent, i have to reenter the above command when i restart ubuntu
            – Ibn Saeed
            Aug 2 '14 at 9:23










          • @IbnSaeed What flavor/release of Ubuntu are you using?
            – Mitch
            Aug 2 '14 at 10:17
















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          The Arabic language keyboard code is ar



          To add the Arabic support


          Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the commands below.



          setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,ar





          share|improve this answer





















          • I thought it should be ara, no?
            – user.dz
            Mar 25 '14 at 18:55






          • 1




            The display name is ara, but the actual code is ar.
            – Mitch
            Mar 25 '14 at 19:56










          • Both work, but all resource I found mention ara for Arabic. May be ara is a legacy/old code. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3 . Thank you
            – user.dz
            Mar 25 '14 at 21:06










          • The above is not permanent, i have to reenter the above command when i restart ubuntu
            – Ibn Saeed
            Aug 2 '14 at 9:23










          • @IbnSaeed What flavor/release of Ubuntu are you using?
            – Mitch
            Aug 2 '14 at 10:17














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          The Arabic language keyboard code is ar



          To add the Arabic support


          Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the commands below.



          setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,ar





          share|improve this answer












          The Arabic language keyboard code is ar



          To add the Arabic support


          Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the commands below.



          setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,ar






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          Mitch

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          • I thought it should be ara, no?
            – user.dz
            Mar 25 '14 at 18:55






          • 1




            The display name is ara, but the actual code is ar.
            – Mitch
            Mar 25 '14 at 19:56










          • Both work, but all resource I found mention ara for Arabic. May be ara is a legacy/old code. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3 . Thank you
            – user.dz
            Mar 25 '14 at 21:06










          • The above is not permanent, i have to reenter the above command when i restart ubuntu
            – Ibn Saeed
            Aug 2 '14 at 9:23










          • @IbnSaeed What flavor/release of Ubuntu are you using?
            – Mitch
            Aug 2 '14 at 10:17


















          • I thought it should be ara, no?
            – user.dz
            Mar 25 '14 at 18:55






          • 1




            The display name is ara, but the actual code is ar.
            – Mitch
            Mar 25 '14 at 19:56










          • Both work, but all resource I found mention ara for Arabic. May be ara is a legacy/old code. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3 . Thank you
            – user.dz
            Mar 25 '14 at 21:06










          • The above is not permanent, i have to reenter the above command when i restart ubuntu
            – Ibn Saeed
            Aug 2 '14 at 9:23










          • @IbnSaeed What flavor/release of Ubuntu are you using?
            – Mitch
            Aug 2 '14 at 10:17
















          I thought it should be ara, no?
          – user.dz
          Mar 25 '14 at 18:55




          I thought it should be ara, no?
          – user.dz
          Mar 25 '14 at 18:55




          1




          1




          The display name is ara, but the actual code is ar.
          – Mitch
          Mar 25 '14 at 19:56




          The display name is ara, but the actual code is ar.
          – Mitch
          Mar 25 '14 at 19:56












          Both work, but all resource I found mention ara for Arabic. May be ara is a legacy/old code. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3 . Thank you
          – user.dz
          Mar 25 '14 at 21:06




          Both work, but all resource I found mention ara for Arabic. May be ara is a legacy/old code. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3 . Thank you
          – user.dz
          Mar 25 '14 at 21:06












          The above is not permanent, i have to reenter the above command when i restart ubuntu
          – Ibn Saeed
          Aug 2 '14 at 9:23




          The above is not permanent, i have to reenter the above command when i restart ubuntu
          – Ibn Saeed
          Aug 2 '14 at 9:23












          @IbnSaeed What flavor/release of Ubuntu are you using?
          – Mitch
          Aug 2 '14 at 10:17




          @IbnSaeed What flavor/release of Ubuntu are you using?
          – Mitch
          Aug 2 '14 at 10:17


















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