cdebconf-newt-detect-keys software package provides cdebconf plugin to detect keyboard layout, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install cdebconf-newt-detect-keys
cdebconf-newt-detect-keys is installed in your system.
Make ensure the cdebconf-newt-detect-keys package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cdebconf-newt-detect-keys *
You will get with cdebconf-newt-detect-keys package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | debian-installer udeb packages |
| Package | cdebconf-newt-detect-keys |
| Version | 0.12 |
| Description | cdebconf plugin to detect keyboard layout |
| Sub Section | Debian-installer |