Sets default system locale
You can see which languages are available by $ locale -a
On debian based systems you can set the locale by running update-locale LANG={lang} LANGUAGE={lang} e.g. update-locale LANG=en_AU.utf8 LANGUAGE=en_AU.utf8
It updates the file /etc/default/locale
LANG variable sets the locale and LANGUAGE variable sets the fallback language in case a program does not have translations available for the default locale. It is also used by the gettext program.
For docs see:
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Locale/
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables
- http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/gettext/manual/html_node/The-LANGUAGE-variable.html#The-LANGUAGE-variable
- http://serverfault.com/questions/455718/for-setting-locale-in-ubuntu-what-does-the-language-environment-variable-mean
- http://serverfault.com/questions/455922/in-ubuntu-what-is-the-difference-between-en-usutf8-and-en-us-when-setting-lan
On rhel based systems you can set default locale updating /etc/sysconfig/i18n There doesn't seem to be a command line tool to update this file?!?
Tested on Ubuntu, CentOS
node[:locale][:lang]-- defaults to "en_US.utf8"node[:locale][:language]-- defaults to "en_US:"node[:locale][:lc_all]-- defaults to "en_US.utf8"
Include the default recipe in your run list.