Re: How can I change the locale setting?
On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 04:42:08PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote:
> I must have missed something very elementary. I can't find out how to
> change the locale setting from POSIX to en_US.
>
> locale -a shows both are available. apropos locale provides a long list
> of locale programs including setlocale. The man page for setlocale
> specifies the header to use in a C program. I am not able to whip up a
> C program at the drop of a hat though I can work one out if forced.
> Still there must be a trivially simple way to change the locale setting
> though I can't find one in my reference books.
>
> I would appreciate it if someone could take a moment to point me in the
> right direction.
>
> Tom George
>
dpkg-reconfigure locale (or locales?, try both)
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