eselect-locale
system-wide locale and language configuration
TLDR
List available locales
$ eselect locale list
Set the LANG environment variable$ eselect locale set [name|index]
Display current LANG value$ eselect locale show
SYNOPSIS
eselect locale action [options]
DESCRIPTION
eselect locale manages the $LANG environment variable on Gentoo systems. It sets the system-wide language and locale by modifying /etc/profile.env.
Part of the eselect framework for system configuration.
PARAMETERS
list
List available localesset locale
Set LANG to specified localeshow
Display current LANG setting
CAVEATS
Gentoo Linux specific. Locales must be generated first with locale-gen. Changes require re-login to take effect.
SEE ALSO
eselect(1), locale(1), locale-gen(8)