UPDATE-LOCALE(8)                                     System Manager's Manual                                     UPDATE-LOCALE(8)

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/lo‐
       cale.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  requested  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 <barbier@linuxfr.org>

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

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