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LOCALECTL(1) | localectl | LOCALECTL(1) |
NAME¶
localectl - Control the system locale and keyboard layout settingsSYNOPSIS¶
localectl [OPTIONS...] {COMMAND}
DESCRIPTION¶
localectl may be used to query and change the system locale and keyboard layout settings. The system locale controls the language settings of system services and of the UI before the user logs in, such as the display manager, as well as the default for users after login. The keyboard settings control the keyboard layout used on the text console and of the graphical UI before the user logs in, such as the display manager, as well as the default for users after login.OPTIONS¶
The following options are understood: --no-ask-passwordDo not query the user for authentication for privileged
operations.
--no-convert
If set-keymap or set-x11-keymap is invoked
and this option is passed, then the keymap will not be converted from the
console to X11, or X11 to console, respectively.
-H, --host=
Execute the operation remotely. Specify a hostname, or a
username and hostname separated by "@", to connect to. The hostname
may optionally be suffixed by a container name, separated by ":",
which connects directly to a specific container on the specified host. This
will use SSH to talk to the remote machine manager instance. Container names
may be enumerated with machinectl -H HOST.
-h, --help
Print a short help text and exit.
--version
Print a short version string and exit.
--no-pager
Do not pipe output into a pager.
The following commands are understood:
status
Show current settings of the system locale and keyboard
mapping.
set-locale LOCALE...
Set the system locale. This takes one or more assignments
such as "LANG=de_DE.utf8", "LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8", and
so on. See locale(7) for details on the available settings and their
meanings. Use list-locales for a list of available locales (see
below).
list-locales
List available locales useful for configuration with
set-locale.
set-keymap MAP [TOGGLEMAP]
Set the system keyboard mapping for the console. This
takes a keyboard mapping name (such as "de" or "us"), and
possibly a second one to define a toggle keyboard mapping. Unless
--no-convert is passed, the selected setting is also applied to the
default keyboard mapping of X11, after converting it to the closest matching
X11 keyboard mapping. Use list-keymaps for a list of available keyboard
mappings (see below).
list-keymaps
List available keyboard mappings for the console, useful
for configuration with set-keymap.
set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL] [VARIANT] [OPTIONS]
Set the system default keyboard mapping for X11. This
takes a keyboard mapping name (such as "de" or "us"), and
possibly a model, variant and options, see kbd(4) for details. Unless
--no-convert is passed, the selected setting is also applied to the
system console keyboard mapping, after converting it to the closest matching
console keyboard mapping.
list-x11-keymap-models, list-x11-keymap-layouts,
list-x11-keymap-variants [LAYOUT], list-x11-keymap-options
List available X11 keymap models, layouts, variants and
options, useful for configuration with set-keymap. The command
list-x11-keymap-variants optionally takes a layout parameter to limit
the output to the variants suitable for the specific layout.
EXIT STATUS¶
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.ENVIRONMENT¶
$SYSTEMD_PAGERPager to use when --no-pager is not given;
overrides $PAGER. Setting this to an empty string or the value
"cat" is equivalent to passing --no-pager.
$SYSTEMD_LESS
Override the default options passed to less
("FRSXMK").
SEE ALSO¶
systemd(1), locale(7), locale.conf(5), vconsole.conf(5), loadkeys(1), kbd(4), The XKB Configuration Guide[1], systemctl(1), systemd-localed.service(8)NOTES¶
- 1.
- The XKB Configuration Guide
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