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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 localisation of libc-based
       programs does not contain usable localisation files for every supported language. This  limi‐
       tation  has became necessary because of the substantial size of such files and the large num‐
       ber 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 definition 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 AT debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux sys‐
       tem  (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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