How can I add support for Swiss German input in 18.04? There was no option during installation

Question

How can I install Swiss German keyboard support - I've only got the GERMAN keyboard.

There was no choice of German Swiss during the installation (as there was in earlier versions).

Solution 1

During the installation

After choosing the language: On the left tab : Switzerland on the right tab : Switzerland - German (Switzerland, no dead keys).

After installation, for the console

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Then

• Generic 105-key (Intl) PC
• Switzerland
• Switzerland - German (Switzerland, eliminate dead keys)
• The default for the keyboard layout
• No compose key

Then reboot (or type setupcon in every console).

After the installation for the GUI (ubuntu - gnome-shell)

Activities > Settings > Region & Language > Input Sources > + > German (Switzerland) > Add

Then move up your language input or remove the others you don't want.

After the installation for the GUI (xbubuntu - xfce)

Settings > Keyboard > Layout, un-check Use system default, Add, German (Switzerland).

Solution 2

Here is what I did (and it worked):

• Run

   sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
  

• Select de_CH.UTF-8

• Go to keyboard layout

• Select swiss german

Comments

[pim]

Which installer did you use? are you still interesting in finding that in the installer or in the installed system (or both)?

[Roland Meier]

Hi pim - thanks a lot for your explanations. In the meantime I had to reinstall LTS 18.04 because of other reasons. This time I saw the option to choose the swiss kbd. Sorry for bringing this up - was my mistake... Kind Regards Roland