Debian change keyboard setting to German

dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

The -character can be typed by using the German ß key. z and y are swapped.

Select default keyboard model (generic 105 key pc) Select language German Select default options

setupcon
update-initramfs -u

Reboot the server

Key mapping

When using a german keyboard on an server with english keyboard settings the mapping is the following:

German key

English character

?

_

ü

[

_

?

;

<

:

>

>

>

<

<

ö

;

ä

'

'

|

`

+

´

=

+

]

*

}

=

)

)

(

/

&

&

^

%

%

$

$

$

#

@

!

!

^

`

°

~

-

/

#

\

ß

-

y

z

z

y

shift ü

{

shift ä

shift ö

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