Howto change the keyboard layout in text mode on a linux-based operating system

keyboard layout in text mode on a linux-based operating system

Steps
/usr/share/keymaps/i386/ or /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/ loadkeys /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/azerty/fr.kmap.gz
 * for i386 systems, you can find the layouts in the directory
 * to change the keyboard layout to French, type :
 * Note : some systems may have fr.map.gz instead of fr.kmap.gz

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