I'm running Ubuntu in VirtualBox on my Macbook Pro.
I chose a 'French (Mac)' layout (see below).
Unfortunately, the character | (vertical bar) does not seem to be mapped! Usually, in Mac OSX, I get it by pressing: Alt+Shift+L.
How can I add a vertical bar (any key combination would be ok) to this keyboard?
Here is my "commandline solution" (Ubuntu 12.04 server on MacBookPro 10.9 within VirtualBox 4.3.8) :
sudo apt-get install keyboard-configuration
sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
Keyboard-configuration choices for MackBookPro French keyboard:
-> MacBook / MacBookPro (Intl)
-> French
-> French (again)
-> Right Alt (AltGr)
-> No Compose Key
It seems keyboard settings works fine and are keep after reboot.
--- EDIT Thomas ---
You should install all the console tools to make it work
apt-get install console-data
apt-get install console-setup
apt-get install console-locales
apt-get install keyboard-configuration
I'll post the solution for VMWare, since this topic comes first when searching for it on Google:
As Pascal said, launch the following commands:
sudo apt-get install keyboard-configuration
sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
and select the following option in the opened interface:
-> MacBook / MacBookPro (Intl)
-> French
-> French (again)
-> Right Alt (AltGr)
-> No Compose Key
Once it is done, go in your VMWare preferences, then Mouse and Keyboard, and disable Keyboard mapping for languages. This should do the trick.
I'll post the solution for French Canadian MacBooks, since French Canadian MacBooks are different from French ones, and the configuration is tricky to find.
sudo apt-get install keyboard-configuration
sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
Then
-> MacBook / MacBookPro (Intl)
-> French (Canada)
-> Canadian Multilingual (do not choose French Canada again)
-> Right Alt (AltGr) -> No Compose Key
What did the tick for me (I have to say I'm not an expert by far) with 20.04 (not 18.04) on VMWare Fusion 11.5.7 :
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop
