[Solved] How to set language

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conoscenza · Post by **conoscenza** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:36 am

Hi guys,
I've a problem. I can't set my language on gentoo with XFCE.

This is my locale.gen:

localhost ~ # cat /etc/locale.gen
# /etc/locale.gen: list all of the locales you want to have on your system
#
# The format of each line:
# <locale> <charmap>
#
# Where <locale> is a locale located in /usr/share/i18n/locales/ and
# where <charmap> is a charmap located in /usr/share/i18n/charmaps/.
#
# All blank lines and lines starting with # are ignored.
#
# For the default list of supported combinations, see the file:
# /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED
#
# Whenever glibc is emerged, the locales listed here will be automatically
# rebuilt for you. After updating this file, you can simply run `locale-gen`
# yourself instead of re-emerging glibc.

#en_US ISO-8859-1
#en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
#ja_JP.EUC-JP EUC-JP
#ja_JP.UTF-8 UTF-8
#ja_JP EUC-JP
#en_HK ISO-8859-1
#en_PH ISO-8859-1
#de_DE ISO-8859-1
#de_DE@euro ISO-8859-15
#es_MX ISO-8859-1
#fa_IR UTF-8
#fr_FR ISO-8859-1
#fr_FR@euro ISO-8859-15
#it_IT ISO-8859-1
it_IT.UTF-8 UTF-8

but If I run:
locale-gen
my gui is in english language!

I would set it in italian language...

thank you

xaviermiller · Post by **xaviermiller** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:42 am

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/it/guide-localization.xml

GES · Post by **GES** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:42 am

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-loca ... #doc_chap3

conoscenza · Post by **conoscenza** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:01 pm

I read doc, but I can't set it in italian.

Anyway I've a question:
my cat /etc/env.d/02locale is:

LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8

I must put also:

LANG="it_IT.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="C"

and after run:
env-update && source /etc/profile
and:
source ~/.bashrc
for my user account?

In the /etc/make.conf I've added:
LINGUAS="it"

and, from root:

localhost ~ # locale
LANG=
LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC="POSIX"
LC_TIME="POSIX"
LC_COLLATE="POSIX"
LC_MONETARY="POSIX"
LC_MESSAGES="POSIX"
LC_PAPER="POSIX"
LC_NAME="POSIX"
LC_ADDRESS="POSIX"
LC_TELEPHONE="POSIX"
LC_MEASUREMENT="POSIX"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="POSIX"
LC_ALL=
localhost ~ # locale -a
C
POSIX
it_IT.utf8

from user:

unknow@localhost ~/Desktop $ locale
LANG=
LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC="POSIX"
LC_TIME="POSIX"
LC_COLLATE="POSIX"
LC_MONETARY="POSIX"
LC_MESSAGES="POSIX"
LC_PAPER="POSIX"
LC_NAME="POSIX"
LC_ADDRESS="POSIX"
LC_TELEPHONE="POSIX"
LC_MEASUREMENT="POSIX"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="POSIX"
LC_ALL=
unknow@localhost ~/Desktop $ locale -a
C
POSIX
it_IT.utf8

I've tried to run:
export LANG="it_IT.UTF-8"
and after?

Helmering · Post by **Helmering** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:49 pm

What's the output under a terminal, not within xfce but after CTL-ALT-F1 for instance

After login try

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~ $ man man

The reported manpage is english or italian?

If in italian, locale is OK, settings should be changed within xfce (No clue regarding xfce).

And after:

In the /etc/make.conf I've added:
LINGUAS="it"

you need to

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emerge -uavtDN world

Most likely that's the issue!

Ralf

conoscenza · Post by **conoscenza** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:02 pm

Guys I resolved!

I done:

echo "LANG="it_IT.UTF-8"" >> /etc/env.d/02locale
echo "LC_COLLATE="C"" >> /etc/env.d/02locale
env-update && source /etc/profile

and:

source ~/.bashrc

this last from user account.

I restarted X11 and my layout is in italian! (I don't understand why export LANG="..." does not well)

Anyway:
which is the difference beetwen:
emerge -DNu world
and
emerge -avtDN @world
?

Helmering · Post by **Helmering** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:13 pm

conoscenza wrote: Anyway:
which is the difference beetwen:
emerge -DNu world
and
emerge -avtDN @world
?

Fine that's working.
You are right regarding -u=update, what we want. Corrected in my post.

Ralf

conoscenza · Post by **conoscenza** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:42 pm

ok!

thanks to all!