LOCALE-GEN(8) System Manager's Manual LOCALE-GEN(8)
NAME
locale-gen — generate localisation files from templates
SYNOPSIS
locale-gen [--keep-existing]
DESCRIPTION
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).
OPTIONS
--keep-existing Do not remove /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive, only
compiling new locales.
FILES
/etc/locale.gen Whitespace-separated newline-delimited locale charset
list of locales to build with # start-of-line com-
ments.
/var/lib/locales/supported.d A directory containing locale.gen snip-
pets provided by language-pack packages.
Do not edit these manually, they will be
overwritten on package upgrades.
SEE ALSO
locale(1), localedef(1), locale.gen(5)
/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED (/usr/local/share/i18n/SUPPORTED) — list of
all supported locales on the current system.
The locales-all package, which contains all supported locales in com-
piled form.
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