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.TH "SYSTEMD\-LOCALED\&.SERVICE" "8" "" "systemd 241" "systemd-localed.service"
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.SH "NAME"
systemd-localed.service, systemd-localed \- Locale bus mechanism
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
systemd\-localed\&.service
.PP
/lib/systemd/systemd\-localed
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
systemd\-localed
is a system service that may be used as mechanism to change the system locale settings, as well as the console key mapping and default X11 key mapping\&.
systemd\-localed
is automatically activated on request and terminates itself when it is unused\&.
.PP
The tool
\fBlocalectl\fR(1)
is a command line client to this service\&.
.PP
See the
\m[blue]\fBdeveloper documentation\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2
for information about the APIs
systemd\-localed
provides\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBsystemd\fR(1),
\fBlocale.conf\fR(5),
\fBvconsole.conf\fR(5),
\fBlocalectl\fR(1),
\fBloadkeys\fR(1)
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
developer documentation
.RS 4
\%https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/localed
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