Ubuntu 13.04 can't read Arabic texts

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I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 , it can't read Arabic letters and words properly. that what I get when I open files contains Arabic, please notice that same files are showed correctly on windows:

ÇáÞÇäæä íÌÈÑ ÇáíåæÏ Úáì ÇáÚíÔ
ÈãäØÞÉ ãÚÒæáÉ ãä ÇáãÏíäÉ ÊÏÚì ÇáÌíÊæ

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 26 '13 at 10:05

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Are you using Ubuntu in Arabic? If not then I would suggest downloading the language packs straight from System Settings--->Language Support--->Install/Remove Language

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answered Sep 26 '13 at 10:05

sgeto

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 08 '13 at 12:42

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Try this:

sudo apt-get install libfribidi0 libfribidi-dev

Also, install THIS package.

answered Oct 08 '13 at 12:42

Joren

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Ubuntu 13.04 can't read Arabic texts

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