Linux Set Locale

Current locale

$ locale

All Available locale

locale -a

Details of a Specific Variable

locale -c -k LC_TIME

Change locale

vim ~/.bashrc
LANG="zh_CN.utf8"
LC_ALL="zh_CN.utf8"
export LANG
export LC_ALL

source ~/.bashrc

You can find global locale settings in the following files:

• /etc/default/locale – on Ubuntu/Debian
• /etc/locale.conf – on CentOS/RHEL

The following command sets LANG to en_IN.UTF-8 and removes definitions for LANGUAGE.

$ sudo update-locale LANG=LANG=en_IN.UTF-8 LANGUAGE
OR
$ sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_IN.UTF-8

To configure a specific locale parameter, edit the appropriate variable. For instance.

$ sudo update-locale LC_TIME=en_IN.UTF-8
OR
$ sudo localectl set-locale LC_TIME=en_IN.UTF-8

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install locales
sudo locale-gen zh_CN.UTF-8
sudo localedef -c -f UTF-8 -i zh_CN zh_CN.utf8