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LOCALE-GEN
!!!LOCALE-GEN
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
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!!NAME


locale-gen -- generates localisation files from templates
!!SYNOPSIS


__locale-gen__
!!DESCRIPTION


This manual page documents briefly the __locale-gen__
command.


By default, the locale package which provides the base
support for localisation of libc-based programs does not
contain usable localisation files for every supported
language. This limitation has became necessary because of
the substantial size of such files and the large number of
languages supported by libc. As a result, Debian uses a
special mechanism where we prepare the actual localisation
files on the target host and distribute only the templates
for them.


__locale-gen__ is a program that reads the file
__/etc/locale.gen__ and invokes __localedef__ for the
chosen localisation profiles. Run __locale-gen__ after
you have modified the __/etc/locale.gen__
file.
!!FILES


__/etc/locale.gen__


The main configuration file, which has a simple format:
every line that is not empty and does not begin with a # is
treated as a locale definition that is to be
built.
!!SEE ALSO


localedef (1), locale (1), locale.alias (5), locale.gen
(5).
!!AUTHOR


This manual page was written by Eduard Bloch
Debian GNU/Linux__
system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to
copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms
of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any
later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no
Back-Cover Texts.
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