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 format of locale.conf is a newline-separated list of
environment-like shell-compatible variable assignments, ignoring
comments and empty lines. 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. See os-release(5) for
a detailed description of the format.
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 users.
Depending on the operating system, other configuration files might be
checked for locale configuration as well, however only as fallback.
/etc/locale.conf can be updated using systemd-localed.service(8).
localectl(1) may be used to alter the settings in this file during
runtime from the command line. Use systemd-firstboot(1) to customize
them on mounted (but not booted) system images.
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:
# Custom settings
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
SEE ALSO
systemd(1), locale(7), localectl(1), systemd-localed.service(8),
systemd-firstboot(1)
systemd 252 LOCALE.CONF(5)
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