Adding a keyboard layout

Since there are many world languages and corresponding keyboard layouts, you may want to use another keyboard layout than the default settings provide. If you want to make special settings within the console, it is therefore much more comfortable to switch the keyboard layout to your preferred language setup

To do this, first log in with the user admin and the current RCCMD password and obtain the system rights of a superuser. In this example, the default password RCCMD is set:

Step 1: RCCMD console login

User:                        admin

Password:                RCCMD

Step 2: Some installation work

Command:                             sudo su

Password:                            RCCMD

To confirm that your command works correctly, make sure the terminal prompt includes root@ before the word admin.

Now, install the appropriate tool that allows you to configure the keyboard layouts:

Command: apt-get install console-data

Confirm the installation progress.

Step 3: The configuration dialog

After installation, the configuration dialog should start automatically:

Choose 'Select keymap from full list' and confirm with ENTER.

Then select the keyboard you want to use from the list of available keyboard layouts and confirm your selection by pressing Enter.

The configuration tool will install and activate the new keyboard setup.

Changing the keyboard layout

Since the tool is now installed and active, you cannot run the installation command again. Instead of the install command, you need to use this:

Command:             dpkg-reconfigure console-data

This will restart the keyboard selection menu – you may now use another keyboard setup.

Note: 

The command sudo su grants administrative rights until exiting with the command "exit". Alternatively, you can of course enter sudo [command] directly, but then you have to enter the password again each time. Do not forget to quit the superuser mode.