# How does adding and using a custom keyboard-layout work?

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**Created:** [February 26, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-does-adding-and-using-a-custom-keyboard-layout-work/1908 "2026-02-26T22:32:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-does-adding-and-using-a-custom-keyboard-layout-work/1908/3 "2026-02-27T07:32:37Z")

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A good start.

That explains that the xkeyboard-config package contains all the keyboard configurations and that `/run/current-system/profile/share/keymaps` folder contains the available keymaps used.

Unfortunately, I seem to have have two xkeyboard-config folders in `/gnu/store` with the same version and I’m not sure why that is, but I think it’s related to [another issue I have](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/sometimes-i-get-conflict-issues-when-trying-to-install-packages/1907).

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