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System Settings/Keyboard/Layout Settings

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The first thing that you must understand is that Linux distributions like Ubuntu are not like windows. Do not expect them to work the same way as Windows. Now, if you click the power/cog icon on the right side of the top panel and select Ubuntu Help, you will load the Ubuntu Desktop Guide. That guide is a good place for someone new to start learning how to use Ubuntu.

1) Go to System Settings>Keyboard>Shortcuts>Typing and see the key combinations used in Ubuntu to switch installed keyboard layouts. I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. If you are using something else then you must check for yourself

Super+Space will cycle through installed keyboard layouts. Super is what we call the key with the Windows logo on.

2) Go to System Settings>Appearance and you will see a selection of wallpapers. One of the them will be a wallpaper slide show. It is the wallpaper with the clock in the bottom right corner.

Also, notice the panel above the collection of default wallpapers. It says Wallpapers. Click the little downward pointing arrow and change the settings to Pictures Folder. Any images in the Pictures Folder will now become a Wallpapers.

3) We have only two options for the Launcher, a) Auto-Hide On and b) Auto-Hide Off. But we can change the Reveal Sensitivity and the Reveal Location. Set it to Top and you may find that the problem will not be so big.

4) What do you want a Device Manager to do? Ubuntu has several utilities that we can launch from the Dash. There are also utilities in System Settings.

5) I do not know. I do not use Chrome or Firefox.

It is a machine. It is more stupid than we are. It will not stop us from doing stupid things.
Ubuntu user #33,200. Linux user #530,530

Change keyboard layout (English UK) on command line to English US

I am using Ubuntu 12.04. The keyboard layout is English US everywhere except for the Command Line where it works in English UK. Terminal also has English US. How do I change the default keyboard layout in Command Line to English US?

Also, I think it might be worth noting here, that when I had installed Ubuntu (dual boot with Windows 8. 1), I had initially set the language as English UK, but later changed it to English US from the system settings.

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Update 2017-04-13: This seems to have changed in recent Ubuntu versions and running sudo apt-get install console-common will try to remove other packages. So, for recent Ubuntu versions, use this instead (Tested in 17.04):

The simplest way would indeed be as @steeldriver suggested to open a terminal and run this command:

That will install the console-common package and in the process allow you to chose your console layout. If that is already installed, use this to bring up the same wizard and set the layout:

Tested on 13.10, and taken from here.

Run this command:

This worked for me.

The above didn’t work for me, but this did. From terminal enter the following command:

I have a console only (without X) Linux running inside a VirtualBox. Needed to change layout from US keyboard to a German one. This worked for me:

To make it permanent:

I’m running 14.04 LTS with a standard US keyboard. My problem was that I had relied on the installer to choose US-Intl for me and it caused «dead keys» and improper formation of the » and ‘ keys (as well as others I don’t know about, I’m sure).

After a lot of frustration and trial and error, I ran the » sudo apt-get install console-common » suggestion and it fixed my problem, but only while I was logged in.

When I logged out, restarted the server and back in, it failed.

It only took hold permanently when I executed the » sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration » command and specified the generic US keyboard.

» setxkbmap » did not work for me.

It seems that (I don’t KNOW) setxkbmap is obsolete in 14.04 LTS.

Change Ubuntu 17.10 Keyboard Layouts to your Native Language

Few weeks ago we showed students and new users how to change the default language in Ubuntu to their native language. To read that post, please click here. This post is going to show students and new users how to change or use alternative keyboard layouts in Ubuntu 17.10

There are many different keyboard layouts for different languages that come with Ubuntu. One language can have many different keyboard layouts. You can make your current keyboard behave like a keyboard with different layout, regardless of the letters and symbols printed on the keys.

This is the beauty of Ubuntu. There’s something for everyone!

To get started with using alternative keyboard layouts with Ubuntu, continue with the steps below.

Changing Ubuntu Keyboard Layouts

To change the keyboard layouts, go to the system menu at the top right corner of your screen and select System Settings as shown below.

Then select Region & Language on the left of the items list to open the panel.

When you add a new input source, it becomes available to use and it’s shown in the list below Input Sources.

Some rarely used keyboard layout variants are not available by default when you click the + button. To make also those input sources available you can open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T and run this command:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources show-all-sources true

Using Alternative Keyboard Layouts

The super key is the Windows key to the left of the spacebar with the Windows logo.

This is how to change to alternative keyboard layouts in Ubuntu.

Изменение сочетания клавиш для смены раскладки в Ubuntu

В данном материале рассматривается, как изменить сочетание клавиш, которое используется для переключения раскладки клавиатуры в Ubuntu Linux.

Примечание для посетителей: Если произойдут изменения в способе настройки раскладок клавиатуры в Ubuntu, пожалуйста, напишите об этом в комментариях, чтобы мы обновили материал.

Сочетание, используемое по умолчанию, для смены раскладки в Ubuntu

По умолчанию в Ubuntu Linux для смены раскладки клавиатуры используется сочетание клавиш:
Super+Пробел

Для переключения раскладок клавиатуры в обратном порядке используется сочетание клавиш: Super+Shift+Пробел

Как изменить сочетание клавиш для переключения раскладки

Изменить сочетание клавиш для переключения раскладки клавиатуры в Ubuntu можно двумя основными способами:

Смена сочетания клавиш через утилиту Gnome Tweaks

Если у вас не установлена утилита Gnome Tweaks, то ее нужно сначала установить. Это можно сделать через штатный Менеджер приложений Ubuntu, используя поиск по фразе «gnome tweaks«. На русском языке приложение переведено как «Доп. настройки GNOME«.

Также можно установить Gnome Tweaks через терминал. Откройте терминал (для этого можно нажать сочетание клавиш Ctrl+Alt+T ). Выполните команду:

Запустите утилиту Gnome Tweaks. Запустить можно из Лаунчера (иконка «Доп. настрой. «).

Выберите вкладку Клавиатура и мышь и нажмите кнопку Дополнительные параметры раскладки

Смена сочетания клавиш через Параметры системы

Как было сказано выше, сочетание клавиш для переключения раскладки клавиатуры можно изменить через Параметры системы, но данная утилита не поддерживает установку некоторых сочетаний, которые часто используются для переключения раскладки.

Комбинации клавиш, используемые для смены раскладки клавиатуры, представлены пунктами:

Нажмите на соответствующий пункт, чтобы изменить сочетание клавиш для него. Откроется окно для ввода нового сочетания.

How to Change the Language to Ubuntu Server from Terminal, Console or SSH

Ubuntu Server is the version of Canonical’s operating system oriented to its use in servers, either in dedicated servers, VPS servers and even in servers in the Cloud. Depending on how you have done the installation, you may have Ubuntu Server in English, and you want to change it to Spanish easily and quickly, without the need to perform a complete reinstallation of the operating system. Once the server is installed, we can connect to it remotely via SSH, and start installing the packages we need and configuring them. Although it is possible to install a graphical environment, this is not recommended as it would significantly reduce the performance of the server by having many more packages loaded in memory.

Generally, during the installation of Ubuntu Server, the administrator will be asked about the language in which the system will be installed, with English being the default language. When we rent a dedicated server, the system will probably be in the language of the company’s origin. The most normal thing is to find an Ubuntu Server in English, and with the keyboard layout also in English, but some French server hosting services put it in French by default, with its corresponding keyboard layout.

Today in this article we are going to teach you how to change the language of any version of Ubuntu Server to Spanish, and also how we can change the keyboard layout to our language, so as not to have any problem when entering via terminal or console locally.

Change the language of Ubuntu Server to Spanish

Taking into account that Ubuntu Server does not have a graphical user interface, and that we will normally use this operating system on a dedicated server, VPS or Cloud very far from us, the only way to manage it remotely and change the language to Spanish is to use SSH protocol, which is installed by default.

The first thing we must do is connect remotely to the Ubuntu Server of our dedicated server. Next, we execute the following command by console, either by SSH or directly in the local terminal itself:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

When we execute this command, we will get a small language configuration wizard. In this wizard we will have to deselect the English language, and choose only the Spanish language that is indicated as es_ES.UTF-8. To select or deselect we must use the space bar to show us an asterisk. Now we go to “OK” and press enter.

We choose the default language of the operating system, in this case es_ES which is the only one we will have on the server. Once selected, click on «OK» and «Enter».

In these moments we will have changed the language to Spanish, we will have to restart the server for the changes to be applied correctly. When we return to the operating system, if we execute the following command we can verify that we actually have it in Spanish:

In the past this process was much more tedious, because we had to edit different configuration files manually with a specific syntax, then apply the changes with the dpkg-reconfigure, and finally, restart the server. Now executing a simple command we can carry out the whole process with a really simple and friendly configuration wizard, without the need to edit any type of text file to change the language to Spanish.

As you have seen, now the process to follow is much simpler, and we can verify that we have it in Spanish by executing the command «locale» as we have explained.

Change Ubuntu Server keyboard layout to Spanish

Now that we have changed the language of the operating system to Spanish, we are going to change the keyboard layout. Via SSH we would not have problems because it preserves the original keyboard layout, but if we are going to enter the terminal locally in the operating system, then we will have problems if we have it in English, which is typical. In the past, changing the keyboard layout of any Linux operating system was quite tedious, editing different configuration files and having to restart the operating system to save the changes. Now, just by executing a command per terminal with root permissions and following the configuration wizard that Ubuntu Server will show us, we can do this process in minutes.

To quickly change the keyboard layout, we must execute the following command so that a configuration wizard appears:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

When we run it, we will get a wizard where we will select the keyboard model, if we do not know it or it does not appear in the list, we leave the default option or one similar to our keyboard. Next, by default we have it in English, but we can easily change it to Spanish, going down to the «Spanish» section and selecting it, clicking OK to go to the next menu.

When we click on «Spanish», we must choose the first option that comes by default, although we have other possibilities as you can see in the photo gallery. We will also have the possibility to configure the ALT-GR key on our keyboard, and even the «FN» key that we have on some keyboards.

Once we have configured everything, it will indicate that the changes will be applied when restarting the server, therefore, we will have to execute the typical “sudo reboot” to restart it and we will be able to enjoy the Spanish keyboard layout.

As you have seen, changing the keyboard layout in an Ubuntu Server operating system is really simple, we simply had to execute a command and follow the configuration wizard that will appear directly in the terminal. This process can be done via SSH without any problem.

With this we will already have our Ubuntu Server in a language that we understand better and with which we can begin to manage the system more easily, in addition to being able to use our keyboard layout in Spanish, and not have problems with symbols such as colon, dashes and low bars, which in the English keyboard layout change radically and the use of the console can be complicated if we don’t put the keyboard in Spanish.