How to view the current locale setting
# locale
LANG=en_US
LC_CTYPE= "en_US"
LC_NUMERIC= "en_US"
LC_TIME= "en_US"
LC_COLLATE= "en_US"
LC_MONETARY= "en_US"
LC_MESSAGES= "en_US"
LC_ALL=en_US
How to change the locale setting
To change the current locale setting, first confirm that the desired locale is
installed on the system with:
# locale -a en_US en_UK fr_FR C
If the desired locale is not in the list, you will need to install the
appropriate packages for that locale. See the Note below for more information
about locale packages.
Note: To set a default locale for a user’s environment, set the LANG or LC_*
variables in a user’s shell intialization file such as $HOME/.profile or
$HOME/.bashrc
How to change the locale by setting the system default locale
LANG=C
LC_ALL=C
Example from the /etc/default/locale file:
# Lines of this file should be of the form VAR=value, where VAR is one of
# TZ, LANG, or any of the LC_* environment variables.
LANG=C
LC_ALL=C
Note: The system must be rebooted after making changes to the /etc/default/init file in order for the changes to take effect.
How to verify the locale setting
After setting or changing the locale, verify that the locale is set correctly:
Check if the locale is set correctly by running the locale command without any
options:
# locale
LANG=C
LC_CTYPE= "C"
LC_NUMERIC= "C"
LC_TIME= "C"
LC_COLLATE= "C"
LC_MONETARY= "C"
LC_MESSAGES= "C"
LC_ALL=C
