Changing keyboard layout to Dvorak in Ubuntu-server

Question

I want to set my keyboard layout to Dvorak. How do I do that exactly?

why would ubuntu server belong on superuser? Is it like windows home server?
My first impulse was to add another vote but having had to switch keyboard layouts on a Debian server (from French to US) makes me think this can equally be an SF question.

gotgenes · Answer 1 · 2011-05-01 00:27:51Z

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I found this more straightforward and simple:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

answered May 1 '11 at 0:27

	This is the only solution that worked for me. – Ishpeck May 20 '11 at 20:04
	Only this solution actually made things persistent across reboots. – Lloeki Jun 6 '11 at 13:27

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elviejo · Answer 2 · 2010-03-11 21:45:57Z

This will guide you through the process of selecting different keyboard layouts:

$ dpkg-reconfigure console-data

Maybe you will need to install console-data.

$ sudo apt-get install console-data

If you want to make changes permanent then you can use:

$ dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

Ryan McCuaig · Answer 3 · 2010-11-09 19:43:19Z

up vote 1 down vote

Looks like this will work, too:

$ sudo loadkeys dvorak

answered Nov 9 '10 at 19:43

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