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"locale.conf">
11 <title>locale.conf
</title>
12 <productname>systemd
</productname>
16 <refentrytitle>locale.conf
</refentrytitle>
17 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
21 <refname>locale.conf
</refname>
22 <refpurpose>Configuration file for locale settings
</refpurpose>
26 <para><filename>/etc/locale.conf
</filename></para>
30 <title>Description
</title>
32 <para>The
<filename>/etc/locale.conf
</filename> file configures
33 system-wide locale settings. It is read at early boot by
34 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
36 <para>The basic file format of
<filename>locale.conf
</filename> is
37 a newline-separated list of environment-like shell-compatible
38 variable assignments. It is possible to source the configuration
39 from shell scripts, however, beyond mere variable assignments, no
40 shell features are supported, allowing applications to read the
41 file without implementing a shell compatible execution
44 <para>Note that the kernel command line options
45 <varname>locale.LANG=
</varname>,
46 <varname>locale.LANGUAGE=
</varname>,
47 <varname>locale.LC_CTYPE=
</varname>,
48 <varname>locale.LC_NUMERIC=
</varname>,
49 <varname>locale.LC_TIME=
</varname>,
50 <varname>locale.LC_COLLATE=
</varname>,
51 <varname>locale.LC_MONETARY=
</varname>,
52 <varname>locale.LC_MESSAGES=
</varname>,
53 <varname>locale.LC_PAPER=
</varname>,
54 <varname>locale.LC_NAME=
</varname>,
55 <varname>locale.LC_ADDRESS=
</varname>,
56 <varname>locale.LC_TELEPHONE=
</varname>,
57 <varname>locale.LC_MEASUREMENT=
</varname>,
58 <varname>locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION=
</varname> may be
59 used to override the locale settings at boot.
</para>
61 <para>The locale settings configured in
62 <filename>/etc/locale.conf
</filename> are system-wide and are
63 inherited by every service or user, unless overridden or unset by
64 individual programs or individual users.
</para>
66 <para>Depending on the operating system, other configuration files
67 might be checked for locale configuration as well, however only as
70 <para><filename>/etc/locale.conf
</filename> is usually created and updated
72 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
73 <citerefentry project='man-pages'
><refentrytitle>localectl
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
74 may be used to alter the settings in this file during runtime from
76 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
77 to initialize them on mounted (but not booted) system images.
</para>
81 <title>Options
</title>
83 <para>The following locale settings may be set using
84 <filename>/etc/locale.conf
</filename>:
85 <varname>LANG=
</varname>,
86 <varname>LANGUAGE=
</varname>,
87 <varname>LC_CTYPE=
</varname>,
88 <varname>LC_NUMERIC=
</varname>,
89 <varname>LC_TIME=
</varname>,
90 <varname>LC_COLLATE=
</varname>,
91 <varname>LC_MONETARY=
</varname>,
92 <varname>LC_MESSAGES=
</varname>,
93 <varname>LC_PAPER=
</varname>,
94 <varname>LC_NAME=
</varname>,
95 <varname>LC_ADDRESS=
</varname>,
96 <varname>LC_TELEPHONE=
</varname>,
97 <varname>LC_MEASUREMENT=
</varname>,
98 <varname>LC_IDENTIFICATION=
</varname>.
99 Note that
<varname>LC_ALL
</varname> may not be configured in this
100 file. For details about the meaning and semantics of these
102 <citerefentry project='man-pages'
><refentrytitle>locale
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
106 <title>Example
</title>
109 <title>German locale with English messages
</title>
111 <para><filename>/etc/locale.conf
</filename>:
</para>
113 <programlisting>LANG=de_DE.UTF-
8
114 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-
8</programlisting>
120 <title>See Also
</title>
122 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
123 <citerefentry project='man-pages'
><refentrytitle>locale
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
124 <citerefentry project='man-pages'
><refentrytitle>localectl
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
125 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
126 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>