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From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] setting locale
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 01:28:26
Message-Id: yu962otash2.fsf@nyu.edu
1 On one of my machines all the LC_ variables are "POSIX".
2 I want them to be "en_US.utf8" as on my other machines.
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4 I have the done the following (from the handbook)
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6 1. cat /etc/local.gen (ignoring comments)
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8 en_US ISO-8859-1
9 en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
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11 2. locale-gen
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13 3. source /etc/profile
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15 4. locale
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17 LANG=
18 LC_CTYPE="POSIX"
19 LC_NUMERIC="POSIX"
20 LC_TIME="POSIX"
21 and others as well
22 LC_All=
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24 What must I do to get "en_US_utf8" ?
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26 thanks,
27 allan

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Re: [gentoo-user] setting locale Nils Larsson <ni1s@×××××××××.com>