HowTo Localization

SAngeli · l33t Joined: 16 Apr 2004 Posts: 904 Location: Italy

Hi,

I was under the impression I understood this part, so far, but I believe perhaps something is missing for proper setting.
Can someone please correct how I implement localization?

1) Activate locales that glibc will generate and install adding to /etc/portage/package.use sys-libs/glibc userlocales
2) Find out what locale you system has # locale -a
3) Display all available charmaps # locale -m
4) I specify languages I intend my system to implement editing /etc/locales.build
5) I then customize global localization environment through /etc/env.d/02locale
6) I verify LINGUAS variables in /etc/make.conf
7) I verify UNICODE USE variable in /etc/make.conf
8 ) I verify UNICODE variable set (UNICODE="yes") in /etc/rc.conf
9) I verify proper console font setting through /etc/conf.d/consolefont
10) Commit changes to the system by running # env-update and # source /etc/profile
11) Then, verify if your locales are correct by running # locale, # locale -a and # date
12) Make changes to your kernel settings under: File systems ---> Native Language Support ---> Default NLS Option and change it to UTF8 and also select <*> NLS UTF8

QUESTION 1: After you make changes, at any point in time is it important to re-compile your toolkit (glibc binutils gcc portage) to make sure it implements corrected localizations?
QUESTION 2:How is the list step by step so far?

Here is, followed my step by step, what I currently have on my amd64
Linux 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 #5 Thu Sep 29 13:16:16 CEST 2005 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

1) in /etc/portage/package.use I have

bmichaelsen · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:17 pm Post subject:

log · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:15 am Post subject:

Sorry if I am adding useless stuff to this howto...

but, I have just started learning French and wanted to add french to my system. Once I have done so, all I need to recompile is glibc?

Thank you!

bmichaelsen · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:14 am Post subject:

yeah, update locales.build, rebuild glibc should do the job.

qweccc · n00b Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 4

upgrade glibc

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locale-gen
* Generating 8 locales (this might take a while)
* (1/Cool Generating en_US.ISO-8859-1 ... [ ok ]
* (2/Cool Generating en_US.UTF-8 ... [ ok ]
* (3/Cool Generating ja_JP.EUC-JP ... [ ok ]
* (4/Cool Generating ja_JP.UTF-8 ... [ ok ]
* (5/Cool Generating ja_JP.EUC-JP ... [ ok ]
* (6/Cool Generating zh_TW.EUC-TW ... [ ok ]
* (7/Cool Generating zh_TW.UTF-8 ... [ ok ]
* (8/Cool Generating zh_TW.BIG5 ... [ ok ]
* Generation complete

locale -a
C
POSIX
en_US
en_US.utf8
ja_JP
ja_JP.eucjp
ja_JP.utf8
zh_TW
zh_TW.euctw
zh_TW.utf8

½T¨S¦³¬Ý¨ìzh_TW.BIG5...
why???

marcus_cps · n00b Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 39 Location: Campinas

Hi

I've read Localization guide and did everything...
But I'm still having problems... Look at my locales command output:

sebaro · Veteran Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 1141 Location: Romania

hi

ur locale.gen

jeanfrancis · Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:04 am Post subject:

nixnut · Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject:

merged above three posts here.
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jeanfrancis · Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:25 pm Post subject:

Note:

All what is said in the very first posts is true but two things (just to be sure that nobody get confused

):

- userlocales USE flag of glibc no longer exists then not have to be set.
- locale-gen is to be used instead of rebuilding glibc with this flag.

Have a nice day