LOCALE-GEN(8) System Manager's Manual LOCALE-GEN(8)
NAME
locale-gen — generates localisation files from templates
SYNOPSIS
locale-gen
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the locale-gen command.
By default, the locale package which provides the base support for lo-
calisation of libc-based programs does not contain usable localisation
files for every supported language. This limitation has became neces-
sary because of the substantial size of such files and the large number
of languages supported by libc. As a result, Debian uses a special
mechanism where we prepare the actual localisation files on the target
host and distribute only the templates for them.
locale-gen is a program that reads the file /etc/locale.gen and invokes
localedef for the chosen localisation profiles. Run locale-gen after
you have modified the /etc/locale.gen file.
FILES
/etc/locale.gen
The main configuration file, which has a simple format: every line that
is not empty and does not begin with a # is treated as a locale defini-
tion that is to be built.
/var/lib/locales/supported.d/
A directory containing locale.gen snippets provided by language-pack
packages. Do not edit these manually, they will be overwritten on
package upgrades.
SEE ALSO
localedef(1), locale(1), locale.gen(5).
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Eduard Bloch <blade@debian.org> for the
Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Permission is
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms
of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version
published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections,
no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.
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