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Alpine Linux uses musl as its C standard library. | Alpine Linux uses [https://musl.libc.org/ musl] as its C standard library. | ||
== Locale == | == Locale == | ||
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{{cmd|locale -a}} | {{cmd|locale -a}} | ||
This package includes a file | This package includes a file {{Path|/etc/profile.d/00locale.sh}}. You'll need to re-login or source it manually for locales to work. | ||
Copy the default locale settings file {{Path|/etc/profile.d/20locale.sh}} to a custom override file: | Copy the default locale settings file {{Path|/etc/profile.d/20locale.sh}} to a custom override file:{{Cmd|# cp /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh.sh}} | ||
{{Cmd|# cp /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh.sh}} | |||
Now custom override file can be edited with <Code>nano /etc/profile.d/locale.sh.sh</Code>. | Now custom override file can be edited with <Code>nano /etc/profile.d/locale.sh.sh</Code>. | ||
== Language support == | === Language support === | ||
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For example, to list translation packages for Portuguese(pt) language: | For example, to list translation packages for Portuguese(pt) language: | ||
{{Cmd|apk list *-pt *-pt-*}} | {{Cmd|apk list *-pt *-pt-*}} | ||
== Open issues== | |||
Refer to [https://wiki.musl-libc.org/open-issues Open Issues] page of musl-libc wiki for a brief note on the list of major open issues. | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
* [https://wiki.musl-libc.org/functional-differences-from-glibc.html Functional differences between musl and glibc] | * [https://wiki.musl-libc.org/functional-differences-from-glibc.html Functional differences between musl and glibc] | ||
* [https://git.adelielinux.org/adelie/musl-locales Adelielinux musl-locales page] | * [https://git.adelielinux.org/adelie/musl-locales Adelielinux musl-locales page] | ||
[[Category:System Administration]] | [[Category:System Administration]] | ||
Revision as of 10:32, 11 April 2025
Alpine Linux uses musl as its C standard library.
Locale
To Fix unicode defaults:
sed -i 's/#unicode="NO"/#unicode="NO"\nunicode="YES"/' /etc/rc.conf
Musl does not implement most of the locale features that glibc implements. The musl-locales package provides translations with varying degrees of completion. The below command installs a limited set of locales (languages) for musl (C library) generated console messages.
# apk add musl-locales
The musl-locales package also provides locale command. To list defined locales:
locale -a
This package includes a file /etc/profile.d/00locale.sh. You'll need to re-login or source it manually for locales to work.
Copy the default locale settings file /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh to a custom override file:
# cp /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh.sh
Now custom override file can be edited with nano /etc/profile.d/locale.sh.sh.
Language support
To pull in the translation packages for all installed packages:
# apk add lang
To list available hunspell dictionary packages, so that you relevant language dictionary can be added:
apk list hunspell*
To list translation packages for your specific(xy) language:
apk list *-xy *-xy-*
For example, to list translation packages for Portuguese(pt) language:
apk list *-pt *-pt-*
Open issues
Refer to Open Issues page of musl-libc wiki for a brief note on the list of major open issues.