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[Olav Seyfarth <olav.seyfarth@xxxxxx>]

Sorry for posting multiple times. But at least for those searching for a solution, it might be helpful to learn about the different solutions/workarounds:
If you're altogether happy with the default german keyboard layout and just need to be able to type ñ/Ñ, you might consider modifying the german keymap file as described in http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=203076 , George999's post
(you should know know how to use a terminal and sudo, though):
comment out the bindings for key <AB06> (on my system it was line 43) by preceding the line with '#' and add the line
    key <AB06>  { [         n,          N,               ntilde,     Ntilde     ] };
there. Then delete the precompiled keymaps (rm /var/lib/xkb/*.xkm) and restart the PC (or X). After that, AltGr+n/N types ñ/Ñ. Very intuitive, and I don't miss the characters originally bound to AltGr-n/N.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1277641

Title:
  German keyboard layout loses tilde dead key

Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I'm used to the tilde (~) key being a dead key that can be used to
  type ñ or Ĩ. This changed with a recent update where it stopped
  connecting to the next typed character. After considerable effort I
  found "Deutsch (veraltet)" ie. "German (deprecated)".

  There used to be a way to tweak layout settings which also disappeared
  so there's no way for me to change this behavior.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu50
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-6.23-generic 3.13.0
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-6-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Feb  7 13:34:21 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-03 (219 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-11-21 (78 days ago)

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