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crisnoh

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From: Baghdad, Iraq

Registered: 2008-04-22

Posts: 67

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Setting up alternative keyboard layout

I sometimes use a Russian keyboard and I'd like to get that set up.  What packages do I need to install, and is there a wiki article that outlines how to go about setting that up?

artiom

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From: France

Registered: 2008-07-29

Posts: 111

Re: Setting up alternative keyboard layout

There is no special package for this and nothing to do during install. What desktop environment do you use?

konni

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From: berlin

Registered: 2008-09-25

Posts: 99

Re: Setting up alternative keyboard layout

when in X, you can switch between layouts with 'setxkblayout us' or whatever you want to set it to.
for most window-managers there's a taskbar-applet so you can easily click it.