Changing keyboard layout to Dvorak in Ubuntu-server

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

4 Answers

I found this more straightforward and simple:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration 

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 

Looks like this will work, too:

$ sudo loadkeys dvorak

Hat tip to

On Ubuntu 13.04

Switch to Dvorak:

setxkbmap dvorak 

Switch back:

setxkbmap us ;dkbvnmar f; # How to type 'setxkbmap us' in Dvorak while looking at a US Keyboard (updated) 

Works locally on my Ubuntu machine. Haven't tested on ubuntu-server, but this is a prevalent search result for "dvorak keyboard linux"