locale.gen(5)

NAME
locale.gen - Configuration file for locale-gen

DESCRIPTION
The file /etc/locale.gen lists the locales that are to be generated by the locale-gen command. Each line is of the form: <locale> <charset> where <locale> is one of the locales given in /usr/share/i18n/locales and <charset> is one of the character sets listed in /usr/share/i18n/charmaps The locale-gen command will generate all the locales, placing them in /usr/lib/locale.

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

AUTHOR
Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>