locale-gen(8) [debian man page]

LOCALE-GEN(8)						      System Manager's Manual						     LOCALE-GEN(8)

NAME

       locale-gen -- generates localisation files from templates

SYNOPSIS

       locale-gen

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the locale-gen command.

       By default, the locale package which provides the base support for localisation of libc-based programs does not contain usable localisation
       files for every supported language. This limitation has became necessary because of the substantial size of such files and the large number
       of  languages  supported by libc. As a result, Debian uses a special mechanism where we prepare the actual localisation files on the target
       host and distribute only the templates for them.

       locale-gen is a program that reads the file /etc/locale.gen and invokes localedef for the chosen  localisation  profiles.   Run	locale-gen
       after you have modified the /etc/locale.gen file.

FILES

       /etc/locale.gen

       The  main  configuration  file,	which has a simple format: every line that is not empty and does not begin with a # is treated as a locale
       definition that is to be built.

SEE ALSO

       localedef(1), locale(1), locale.gen(5).

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Eduard Bloch <blade@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).  Permission is
       granted	to  copy,  distribute  and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later
       version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.

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LOCALE.CONF(5)							    locale.conf 						    LOCALE.CONF(5)

NAME

       locale.conf - Configuration file for locale settings

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/locale.conf

DESCRIPTION

       The /etc/locale.conf file configures system-wide locale settings. It is read at early-boot by systemd(1).

       The basic file format of locale.conf is a newline-separated list of environment-like shell-compatible variable assignments. It is possible
       to source the configuration from shell scripts, however, beyond mere variable assignments, no shell features are supported, allowing
       applications to read the file without implementing a shell compatible execution engine.

       Note that the kernel command line options locale.LANG=, locale.LANGUAGE=, locale.LC_CTYPE=, locale.LC_NUMERIC=, locale.LC_TIME=,
       locale.LC_COLLATE=, locale.LC_MONETARY=, locale.LC_MESSAGES=, locale.LC_PAPER=, locale.LC_NAME=, locale.LC_ADDRESS=, locale.LC_TELEPHONE=,
       locale.LC_MEASUREMENT=, locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION= may be used to override the locale settings at boot.

       The locale settings configured in /etc/locale.conf are system-wide and are inherited by every service or user, unless overridden or unset
       by individual programs or individual users.

       Depending on the operating system, other configuration files might be checked for locale configuration as well, however only as fallback.

OPTIONS

       The following locale settings may be set using /etc/locale.conf: LANG=, LANGUAGE=, LC_CTYPE=, LC_NUMERIC=, LC_TIME=, LC_COLLATE=,
       LC_MONETARY=, LC_MESSAGES=, LC_PAPER=, LC_NAME=, LC_ADDRESS=, LC_TELEPHONE=, LC_MEASUREMENT=, LC_IDENTIFICATION=. Note that LC_ALL may not
       be configured in this file. For details about the meaning and semantics of these settings, refer to locale(7).

EXAMPLE

       Example 1. German locale with English messages

       /etc/locale.conf:

	   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
	   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8

SEE ALSO

       systemd(1), locale(7), systemd-localed.service(8)

systemd 208															    LOCALE.CONF(5)