Enable Keyboards InKDE

If one only needs one keyboard layout, one can choose to add it during the initial setup of the machine, as seen in the screen shots below:

1. First, choose the major keyboard layout:
   
    
2. Then choose one of the available variants for that layout:
   

To add additional keyboard layouts in KDE, follow these steps:

1. Click on the KDE menu, then select System Settings:
   
2. Within System Settings, click on Input Devices:
   
3. Select the Keyboard tab, and then the Layouts tab. To be able to add another keyboard layout, you need to click the check mark Configure layouts, and then click the + Add button:
   
4. Make sure that the top drop-down menu says Any language, and in the second drop-down select the keyboard layout of your country:
   
5. In the Variant: drop-down menu select the target language layout:
   
6. Edit the label (used in the KDE environment to signal which keyboard layout is active), and press OK:
   
7. If you forgot to change the label, you can still change it in the main keyboard settings window:
   
8. Finally, if you want to have a keyboard shortcut to easily switch between keyboard layouts, switch to the Advanced tab, and enable the preferred keyboard shortcut:
   
9. When done, the keyboard layout label is visible in the bottom tray; the full name is visible when hovering over the label:
   
10. Switch layout by clicking on the label or using the keyboard shortcut.