Ubuntu – How to change keyboard layout to Finnish, but keep language in English

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I'm able to set either everything Finnish or everything English. I want to have Finnish keyboard layout, but the OS language in English. How to do this? In the previous releases I didn't have to do anything.

Best Answer

How to keep the system language in English

First, go to System Settings → Language Support and in Langage tab, apply system wide English:

Language Support

In Regional Formats apply system wide your favorite English:

Regional Formats

Second, go to System Settings → User Accounts and select English as your language:

User Accounts

How to change keyboard layout to Finnish

Go to System Settings → Text Entry and add Finnish keyboard layout:

Text Entry

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In case someone else have this problem - try this command in the terminal:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

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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):

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

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

sudo apt-get install console-common

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:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-data

Tested on 13.10, and taken from here.