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Installing Newa Keylayout in Linux

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How to Install and use Newa Keylayout

On Linux Platform

  1. By clicking on this link, the Save File process will begin. Remember where you save it!

  2. Download Link (tar)

  3. Alternate Download Link (zip)

  4. once the file is downloaded open terminal



  5. change directory to the downloaded file location

  6. eg: # cd /home/(user)/Downloads/

  7. check for file newa-keylayout.tar.gz

  8. #ls -a newa-keylayout.tar.gz

  1. untar files

  2. #tar -zxvf newa-keylayout.tar.gz

  3. #unzip newa-keylayout.zip (if you download zip file)

  4. onced the files are untar/unzip change diretory to the newa-keylayout

  5. #cd newa-keylayout

  6. Install the files run command (make sure your user is in the sudoers list)
    # sudo bash install.sh

  7. it will ask for your user password input user password

  8. then logout and relogin or restart the system to activate the installed keyboard

    for ubuntu and debian derivative use #sudo dpkg-reconfigure xkb-data

  9. once logged in you can go to keyboard settings and add newa keyboard

  10. open settings from the GUI and select keyboard

  11. Then click on (+) sign to add new keyboard

  12. After you will be presented with window below to add the keyboardClick on three dots () to search keylayout

  13. you can search nepal and click on Nepal Bhasa(Nepal)  from the list

  14. The keyboard will be shown

  15. select the keyboard Nepal Bhasa(Nepal) and click on Add

  16. After this you can close settings

  17. then you can open application eg. writer / Chrome or any other application

  18. Select the keyboard from the menu

  19. Then you can start typing in newa

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