locale-gen

locale-gen - generate localisation files from templates

Beschreibung

As compiled locales are large, only templates are distributed in the default locales package, and only the desired locales are compiled on the target system.

After selecting the locales into /etc/locale.gen (via dpkg package configuration, for example ,) locale-gen is run to compile them via localedef(1).

Installation

The locales-all package, which contains all supported locales in compiled form.

Syntax

locale-gen [--keep-existing]

Optionen

--keep-existing

Do not remove /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive, only compiling new locales.

Konfiguration

Dateien

/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED (/usr/local/share/i18n/SUPPORTED ) — list of all supported locales on the current system.

Anhang

Siehe auch

• Locale-gen

Dokumentation

Man-Pages

1. locale(1)
2. localedef(1)
3. locale.gen(5)