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Alpine Linux uses [https://musl.libc.org/ 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 ==
 
To Fix unicode defaults:
<code>sed -i 's/#unicode="NO"/#unicode="NO"\nunicode="YES"/' /etc/rc.conf</code>
 
Musl does not implement most of the locale features that glibc implements. The {{Pkg|musl-locales}} package provides [https://git.adelielinux.org/adelie/musl-locales translations] with varying degrees of completion. The below command installs a limited set of locales (languages) for musl (C library) generated console messages.
{{Cmd|# apk add musl-locales}}
 
The {{Pkg|musl-locales}} package also provides <code>locale</code> command. To list defined locales:
{{cmd|locale -a}}
 
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:{{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>.
 
=== Language support ===
 
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To pull in the translation packages for all installed packages:
{{Cmd|# apk add lang}}
 
To list available hunspell dictionary packages, so that you relevant language dictionary can be added:
{{Cmd|apk list hunspell*}}
 
To list translation packages for your specific(xy) language:
{{Cmd|apk list *-xy *-xy-*}}
 
For example, to list translation packages for Portuguese(pt) language:
{{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.
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]
 
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[[Category:System Administration]]

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

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