Change default language for GNOME in Debian
October 3rd, 2007
Tags: debian, gnome, kde, ubuntu
I wanted my debian system to support not only english but also german. This is not supported by default, but can be done in 4 steps.
1. Edit /etc/locale.gen so it contains
CODE:
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en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
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de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8
As you can see I added german as an additional language, but you can insert any language defined in /usr/share/i18n/locales.
2. run
CODE:
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locale-gen
3. If you want to set a specific locale as default go to /home/USER/.bash_profile and insert
CODE:
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LANG="de_DE.UTF-8"
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export LANG
Of course you have to replace "de_DE.UTF-8" with your language.
4. Restart the machine.
After the reboot you will have different languages available at the Login interface or you stick to your default.
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