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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. Musl does not implement most of the [[Locale|locale]] features that glibc implements.  


= Locale =
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.


Musl does not implement most of the locale features that glibc implements. The {{Pkg|musl-locales}} provides the <code>locale</code> command and [https://git.adelielinux.org/adelie/musl-locales translations with varying degrees of completion].
== See also ==


{{Note|this package includes a file in <code>/etc/profile.d/00locale.sh</code>. You'll need to re-login or source it manually for locales to work}}
* [https://wiki.musl-libc.org/functional-differences-from-glibc.html Functional differences between musl and glibc]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:48, 14 July 2025

Alpine Linux uses musl as its C standard library. Musl does not implement most of the locale features that glibc implements.

Refer to Open Issues page of musl-libc wiki for a brief note on the list of major open issues.

See also