Question about Region & Language Setting in AnduinOS 2.0

[badwahaha]

I am making a script to do some tasks automatically for a fresh installed AnduinOS 2.0. One task is to set Region & Language -> Formats -> Australia. I uses this block. However after reboot the Formats setting is still China. How can I change it in script?

sudo bash -c 'cat >/etc/default/locale <<EOF
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=en_AU.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_AU.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=en_AU.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_AU.UTF-8
LC_PAPER=en_AU.UTF-8
EOF'

sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8

[Anduin2017]

Emmmm... The biggest issue is: How can the Formats settings to be China? There is no place that I hard coded China as special.

Which language option did you select in the Grub menu?

Which language option did you select in the ubiquity first page?

Those two options will affect the system's region.

[badwahaha]

I selected the default Enligsh in the Grub menu.

I selected the default English (US) in the installer. And in a later appeared window to select my location, it shows directly Shanghai. I didn't change and clicked continue. Then the newly installed system has China at Region & Language -> Formats.

If I selected Australia at the location window during installation, the Formats could be Australia I guess. But then the installer would not install Ibus-rime. I know this because I tried once with English (US) language and New York as location, and ibus-rime was not installed automatically. I have to install it manually.

AI told me if there's any CN entries in any LC_ variables, Formats will show China. So I used above script to make sure that there's no CN variables. But it still shows China.

[Anduin2017]

I see.....

You need the format to be Australia, but you also need iBus rime.

How about selecting everthing in Australia, then run this after installation:

sudo apt install anduinos-rime 

Then you will get awesome rime input.

[samwhelp]

@badwahaha

Based on your question, I have prepared two examples for your reference.

• demo-config-locale-en_AU
• demo-config-locale-en_US

The main script is as follows:

• en_AU / set-locale.sh

##
## ## make sure /etc/default/locale: symbolic link to /etc/locale.conf
##

sudo rm -f /etc/default/locale

sudo ln -sf ../locale.conf /etc/default/locale




##
## ## locale-gen
##

sudo locale-gen --lang en_AU




##
## ## config /etc/locale.conf
##

cat << __EOF__ | sudo tee /etc/locale.conf > /dev/null 2>&1
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
__EOF__

Please logout and login,

then run

locale

show

LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NAME=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ALL=

Link

• Ubuntu Community Help Wiki / Locale
• Debian Wiki / Locale
• Arch Wiki / Locale

[badwahaha]

I want system language as English (US) and Formats as Australia since it matches my flavor most.

During installation I have selected en_US as the system language. So i need only to handle the LC_ variables.

This is the output of command locale:

locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_TIME=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_NAME=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=zh_CN.UTF-8

and i run this command
sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_TIME=en_AU.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=en_AU.UTF-8 LC_MONETARY=en_AU.UTF-8 LC_MEASUREMENT=en_AU.UTF-8 LC_PAPER=en_AU.UTF-8

and run locale again. the ourput is same as i run set-locale before.

locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_TIME=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_NAME=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_ALL=

I don't know why.

[samwhelp]

You can try directly modifying /etc/default/locale or /etc/locale.conf.

Then, logout and login, and run locale to check the results.

For example,

My /etc/default/locale is a symbolic link to /etc/locale.conf.

My /etc/locale.conf contains only the following line:

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

You can also configure the settings in greater detail.

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"

As your desired settings

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_AU.UTF-8"

Notice

To use en_US and en_AU locales, you must first generate the required files using locale-gen; refer to the following commands:

sudo locale-gen --lang en_US en_AU

About en_US and en_AU, They are listed in the /etc/locale.gen file.

Summary

So, the example script I provided in my previous reply to you can be modified as follows:

• en_AU / set-locale-custom.sh

##
## ## make sure /etc/default/locale: symbolic link to /etc/locale.conf
##

sudo rm -f /etc/default/locale

sudo ln -sf ../locale.conf /etc/default/locale




##
## ## locale-gen
##

sudo locale-gen --lang en_US en_AU




##
## ## config /etc/locale.conf
##

cat << __EOF__ | sudo tee /etc/locale.conf > /dev/null 2>&1
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_AU.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_AU.UTF-8"
__EOF__

Please logout and login,

then run

locale

show

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=en_AU.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_AU.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=en_AU.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=en_AU.UTF-8
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_AU.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

If you need to set the time zone, please refer to my other reply.

[samwhelp]

Emphasis

@badwahaha

I don't know why.

I would like to add emphasis to a detail that requires your special attention.

On Ubuntu, you must relogin (log out and log back in) for the locale change to take effect.

On another note

It is also worth noting that when you set the locale using localectl, it actually modifies either /etc/default/locale or /etc/locale.conf.

You can conduct a small experiment to observe the results.

First, execute the following command to view the contents of the /etc/locale.conf file.

cat /etc/locale.conf

show

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Next, change the locale using localectl.

sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_TIME=en_AU.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=en_AU.UTF-8 LC_MONETARY=en_AU.UTF-8 LC_MEASUREMENT=en_AU.UTF-8 LC_PAPER=en_AU.UTF-8

Finally, execute the following command to view the contents of the /etc/locale.conf file.

cat /etc/locale.conf

show

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=en_AU.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_AU.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=en_AU.UTF-8
LC_PAPER=en_AU.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_AU.UTF-8

[samwhelp]

@badwahaha

If you need to set the time zone, please refer to the steps below.

List

run

ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/ -1

show

Adelaide
Brisbane
Broken_Hill
Canberra
Currie
Darwin
Eucla
Hobart
Lindeman
Lord_Howe
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney
Yancowinna

Set

• en_AU / set-timezone.sh

run

##
## ## set timezone
##

sudo rm -f /etc/localtime

sudo ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Perth /etc/localtime

Check

run

file /etc/localtime

show

/etc/localtime: symbolic link to /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Perth