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eselect locale

An eselect module for managing the LANG environment variable, which sets the system language. More information: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Eselect#Locale.

  • List available locales:

eselect locale list

  • Set the LANG environment variable in /etc/profile.env by name or index from the list command:

eselect locale set {{name|index}}

  • Display the value of LANG in /etc/profile.env:

eselect locale show