localectl

Control system locale and keyboard layout.

Last updated: 2026-07-05 Report error

Syntax

$localectl [OPTIONS] COMMAND

Examples

$localectl set-locale LANG=de_DE.UTF-8

Examples

$localectl list-locales

Typical use cases

Set locale

localectl set-locale LANG=de_DE.UTF-8

List locales

localectl list-locales

Note Systemd-based locale management.

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