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NAME

6       locale.conf - Configuration file for locale settings
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SYNOPSIS

9       /etc/locale.conf
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DESCRIPTION

12       The /etc/locale.conf file configures system-wide locale settings. It is
13       read at early boot by systemd(1).
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15       The format of locale.conf is a newline-separated list of
16       environment-like shell-compatible variable assignments, ignoring
17       comments and empty lines. It is possible to source the configuration
18       from shell scripts, however, beyond mere variable assignments, no shell
19       features are supported, allowing applications to read the file without
20       implementing a shell compatible execution engine. See os-release(5) for
21       a detailed description of the format.
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23       Note that the kernel command line options locale.LANG=,
24       locale.LANGUAGE=, locale.LC_CTYPE=, locale.LC_NUMERIC=,
25       locale.LC_TIME=, locale.LC_COLLATE=, locale.LC_MONETARY=,
26       locale.LC_MESSAGES=, locale.LC_PAPER=, locale.LC_NAME=,
27       locale.LC_ADDRESS=, locale.LC_TELEPHONE=, locale.LC_MEASUREMENT=,
28       locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION= may be used to override the locale settings
29       at boot.
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31       The locale settings configured in /etc/locale.conf are system-wide and
32       are inherited by every service or user, unless overridden or unset by
33       individual programs or users.
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35       Depending on the operating system, other configuration files might be
36       checked for locale configuration as well, however only as fallback.
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38       /etc/locale.conf can be updated using systemd-localed.service(8).
39       localectl(1) may be used to alter the settings in this file during
40       runtime from the command line. Use systemd-firstboot(1) to customize
41       them on mounted (but not booted) system images.
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OPTIONS

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

52       Example 1. German locale with English messages
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54       /etc/locale.conf:
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58           LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
59           LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
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SEE ALSO

62       systemd(1), locale(7), localectl(1), systemd-localed.service(8),
63       systemd-firstboot(1)
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