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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 provides the locale command and 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

To list defined locales use the below command:

locale -a

Todo: Need to check which of the below is correct:

This package includes a file in /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 custom override file/etc/profile.d/20locale.sh.sh so that the custom override file can be edited with nano /etc/profile.d/locale.sh.sh.

cp /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh.sh

Language support

To pull in the translation packages of 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-*

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 Alpine Linux uses musl as its C standard library.
-= Locale =
+== 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}} provides the <code>locale</code> command and [https://git.adelielinux.org/adelie/musl-locales translations with varying degrees of completion].
+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].
-{{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}}
+The below command installs a limited set of locales (languages) for musl (C library) generated console messages.
+{{Cmd|# apk add musl-locales}}
+To list defined locales use the below command:
+{{cmd|locale -a}}
+{{Todo|Need to check which of the below is correct:
+* 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
+* Copy the default locale settings file {{Path|/etc/profile.d/20locale.sh}} to custom override file{{Path|/etc/profile.d/20locale.sh.sh}} so that the custom override file can be edited with <Code>nano /etc/profile.d/locale.sh.sh</Code>.
+{{Cmd|cp /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh /etc/profile.d/20locale.sh.sh}}
+}}
+== Language support ==
+<!--
+Need to identify proper page for maintaining this information, if this is not appropriate -->
+To pull in the translation packages of 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-*}}
+== See Also ==
+* [https://wiki.musl-libc.org/functional-differences-from-glibc.html Functional differences between musl and glibc]
+[[Category:System Administration]]