locale-gen

Generate locales from /etc/locale.gen

$ sudo locale-gen

$ sudo locale-gen --keep-existing

locale-gen [options]

locale-gen compiles locale definitions from `/etc/locale.gen` into binary locale data. Uncomment desired locales in that file before running this command.

--keep-existing

Do not delete existing locale data

Remove existing locales before generating

Requires root privileges. Edit `/etc/locale.gen` to enable locales before generating. On Debian-based systems, use `dpkg-reconfigure locales` for interactive configuration.

locale(1), localedef(1), localectl(1)