my language & locale settings on a fresh ubuntu-install

29 Apr

the following steps are required to adjust a fresh ubuntu to my personal language-preferences, including the default character encoding for gnome-terminal set to UTF-8

	
  1. install the required packages to generate the appropriate locales:
    sudo aptitude install language-pack-de-base language-pack-de

  1. set the default environment variables:
    echo ‘
  2. locale stuff
    LANG=
    LC_ALL=
  3. Character classification and case conversion:
    LC_CTYPE=“de_DE.utf8”
  4. Date and time formats:
    LC_TIME=“de_DE.utf8”
  5. Non-monetary numeric formats:
    LC_NUMERIC=“de_DE.utf8”
  6. Collation order:
    LC_COLLATE=“POSIX
    LC_MONETARY=“de_DE.utf8”
    LC_MESSAGES=“POSIX
    LC_PAPER=“de_DE.utf8”
    LC_NAME=“de_DE.utf8”
    LC_ADDRESS=“de_DE.utf8”
    LC_TELEPHONE=“de_DE.utf8”
    LC_MEASUREMENT=“de_DE.utf8”
    LC_IDENTIFICATION=“de_DE.utf8”
    ‘ | sudo tee -a /etc/environment

IMPORTANT: you have to log out after these changes to make them work!!