Re: How can I change the locale setting?

From: Kevin Mark (kmark+debian-user_at_pipeline.com)
Date: 12/02/04

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    On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 04:42:08PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote:
    > I must have missed something very elementary. I can't find out how to
    > change the locale setting from POSIX to en_US.
    >
    > locale -a shows both are available. apropos locale provides a long list
    > of locale programs including setlocale. The man page for setlocale
    > specifies the header to use in a C program. I am not able to whip up a
    > C program at the drop of a hat though I can work one out if forced.
    > Still there must be a trivially simple way to change the locale setting
    > though I can't find one in my reference books.
    >
    > I would appreciate it if someone could take a moment to point me in the
    > right direction.
    >
    > Tom George
    Hi Tom,
     

     dpkg-reconfigure locales

    there is also 'localconf'.
     -Kev 

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