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<refentry id="locale.conf">

<refentryinfo>

<title>locale.conf</title>

<productname>systemd</productname>

<authorgroup>

<author>

<contrib>Developer</contrib>

<firstname>Lennart</firstname>

<surname>Poettering</surname>

<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>

</author>

</authorgroup>

</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>

<refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

<refname>locale.conf</refname>

<refpurpose>Configuration file for locale settings</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<para><filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename></para>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>

<title>Description</title>

<para>The <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> file configures

system-wide locale settings. It is read at early-boot by

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>

<para>The basic file format of <filename>locale.conf</filename> 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.</para>

<para>Note that the kernel command line options

<varname>locale.LANG=</varname>,

<varname>locale.LANGUAGE=</varname>,

<varname>locale.LC_CTYPE=</varname>,

<varname>locale.LC_NUMERIC=</varname>,

<varname>locale.LC_TIME=</varname>,

<varname>locale.LC_COLLATE=</varname>,

<varname>locale.LC_MONETARY=</varname>,

<varname>locale.LC_MESSAGES=</varname>,

<varname>locale.LC_PAPER=</varname>,

<varname>locale.LC_NAME=</varname>,

<varname>locale.LC_ADDRESS=</varname>,

<varname>locale.LC_TELEPHONE=</varname>,

<varname>locale.LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname>,

<varname>locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname> may be

used to override the locale settings at boot.</para>

<para>The locale settings configured in

<filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> are system-wide and are

inherited by every service or user, unless overridden or unset by

individual programs or individual users.</para>

<para>Depending on the operating system, other configuration files

might be checked for locale configuration as well, however only as

fallback.</para>

<para><citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>

may be used to alter the settings in this file during runtime from

the command line. Use

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>

to initialize them on mounted (but not booted) system

images.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Options</title>

<para>The following locale settings may be set using

<filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename>:

<varname>LANG=</varname>,

<varname>LANGUAGE=</varname>,

<varname>LC_CTYPE=</varname>,

<varname>LC_NUMERIC=</varname>,

<varname>LC_TIME=</varname>,

<varname>LC_COLLATE=</varname>,

<varname>LC_MONETARY=</varname>,

<varname>LC_MESSAGES=</varname>,

<varname>LC_PAPER=</varname>,

<varname>LC_NAME=</varname>,

<varname>LC_ADDRESS=</varname>,

<varname>LC_TELEPHONE=</varname>,

<varname>LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname>,

<varname>LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname>.

Note that <varname>LC_ALL</varname> may not be configured in this

file. For details about the meaning and semantics of these

settings, refer to

<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Example</title>

<example>

<title>German locale with English messages</title>

<para><filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename>:</para>

<programlisting>LANG=de_DE.UTF-8

LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8</programlisting>

</example>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>See Also</title>

<para>

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>

</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>