Manual: update-locale

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NAME
       update-locale - Modify global locale settings

SYNTAX
       update-locale [OPTIONS] [var=locale | var] [...]

DESCRIPTION
       This  program  can  be  called  by  maintainer  scripts when Debian packages are installed or removed, it updates the
       /etc/locale.conf file to reflect changes in system configuration related to global locale settings.   When  variables
       have  no	 value	assigned, they are removed from the locale file.  Some basic checks are performed to ensure that re‐
       quested settings are valid.

OPTIONS
       --help Display an help message and exit.

       --reset
	      Variables which are not set on command-line are cleared out.

       --locale-file FILE
	      Define file containing locale variables.	(Default: /etc/locale.conf)

       --no-checks
	      Do not perform sanity checks on locale variables.

EXAMPLE
       The command
	       update-locale LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 LANGUAGE
       sets LANG to en_CA.UTF-8 and removes definitions for LANGUAGE.

FILES
       /etc/locale.conf
	      File where global locale settings are stored.

AUTHOR
       Denis Barbier 

SEE ALSO
       locale-gen(8), locale(1)

Debian GNU/Linux					 April 2006					    UPDATE-LOCALE(8)