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=C
SEE ALSO¶
systemd(1),
locale(7),
systemd-localed.service(8)
