I have been looking for a way to change to the keyboard layout of the Persian language for the Ubuntu operating system for a few years, which might be identical to the one I used to have while I was a windows user. This is probably the problem of most of the people who want to use Ubuntu. However, they cannot switch to it since it is almost impossible to type correctly using its predefined Persian language keyboard.

The instruction is the same. you should modify the ir and evdev.xml files. I hope it would be helpful for those who get used to the layout of windows and love to work with a real operating system.

Enjoy.

Note: If your Linux distribution has a version of xkb with !473 merged, you already have a Windows Persian layout, and do not need this repo.

Automatic Installation

The automatic installer script requires xmlstarlet to be installed. Install it using your package manager before running the script.

Warning: The automatic installer does not detect any previous versions of this project. Make sure you don't already have an older version of the Windows Persian layout installed.

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/sinadarvi/windows-persian-keyboard-for-linux.git
cd windows-persian-keyboard-for-linux

2. Run the installer script as root

sudo ./install

3. All done! You can now go to your keyboard settings and add the Persian (Windows) layout.

Manual Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/sinadarvi/windows-persian-keyboard-for-linux.git
cd windows-persian-keyboard-for-linux

2. Append the ir_patch file from the repo to the ir symbols file.

sudo cp /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ir /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ir.backup
sudo cat ./ir | sudo tee -a /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ir &>/dev/null

3. Edit the xkb layouts registry with your text editor of choice (vim for example),

sudo cp /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml.backup
sudo vim /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml

find the Persian layout and add this variant to the list of variants for Persian:

        <variant>
          <configItem>
            <name>pes_winkeys</name>
            <description>Persian (Windows)</description>
          </configItem>
        </variant>

4. All done! You can now go to your keyboard settings and add the Persian (Windows) layout.