my language & locale settings on a fresh ubuntu-install

29 Apr
Posted on Author he1ix

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
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  1. set the default environment variables:
    
echo ‘
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  2. locale stuff
    
LANG=
    
LC_ALL=
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  3. Character classification and case conversion:
    
LC_CTYPE=“de_DE.utf8”
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  4. Date and time formats:
    
LC_TIME=“de_DE.utf8”
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  5. Non-monetary numeric formats:
    
LC_NUMERIC=“de_DE.utf8”
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  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!!