debian/local/manpages/locale-gen.8

   1 .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD
   2 .\"
   3 .Dd May 5, 2022
   4 .Dt LOCALE-GEN 8
   5 .Os
   6 .
   7 .Sh NAME
   8 .Nm locale-gen
   9 .Nd generate localisation files from templates
  10 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  11 .Nm
  12 .Op Fl -keep-existing
  13 .
  14 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  15 As compiled locales are large, only templates are distributed in the default
  16 .Sy locales
  17 package, and only the desired locales are compiled on the target system.
  18 .Pp
  19 After selecting the locales into
  20 .Pa /etc/locale.gen
  21 .Pq via Nm dpkg No package configuration, for example ,
  22 .Nm
  23 is run to compile them via
  24 .Xr localedef 1 .
  25 .
  26 .Sh OPTIONS
  27 .Bl -tag -compact -width ".Fl -keep-existing"
  28 .It Fl -keep-existing
  29 Do not remove
  30 .Pa /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive ,
  31 only compiling new locales.
  32 .El
  33 .
  34 .Sh FILES
  35 .Bl -tag -compact -width ".Pa /etc/locale.gen"
  36 .It Pa /etc/locale.gen
  37 Whitespace-separated newline-delimited
  38 .Ar locale charset
  39 list of locales to build with
  40 .Li #
  41 start-of-line comments.
  42 .El
  43 .
  44 .Sh SEE ALSO
  45 .Xr locale 1 ,
  46 .Xr localedef 1 ,
  47 .Xr locale.gen 5
  48 .Pp
  49 .Pa /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED
  50 .Pq Pa /usr/local/share/i18n/SUPPORTED
  51 \(em list of all supported locales on the current system.
  52 .Pp
  53 The
  54 .Sy locales-all
  55 package, which contains all supported locales in compiled form.