How to set all locale settings in Ubuntu

Question

A remote installed application has some encoding problems and on my local machine it is running fine.

What is the best way to "copy" my locales to the remote machine?

The locales on my personal machine are configured like this:

$ locale
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=de_DE:en
LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NAME=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ALL=

a user-specific locale (for one user) or generally for the whole system? — Savvas Radevic, Sep 26 '12 at 15:46

score 35 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 01 '23 at 03:29

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You can set locale manually using update-locale:

sudo update-locale LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=POSIX

Read the man page for more information.

Alternatively, you can manually change your system's locale entries by modifying the file /etc/default/locale.

For example, on a German system, to prevent system messages from being translated, you may use:

LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=POSIX

Note: changes take effect only after a fresh login.

Source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Locale

edited Jul 01 '23 at 03:29

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I think update-locale needs `sudo`. Personally I like your alternative solution, maybe you should make it a primary one. :) – Savvas Radevic Sep 26 '12 at 15:45
updated it!! :) – green Sep 26 '12 at 15:47
"perl: warning: Setting locale failed." .. How to fix this ? – Sliq Jan 14 '13 at 15:43
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Run the following command: `sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales`. – green Jan 16 '13 at 11:38
@green I have the same issue and `dpkg-reconfigure locales` seems not setting local in /etc/default/locale. is there a way to apply update-locale for all ? – Loenix Jul 28 '20 at 08:44

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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The easier way

Export all locales into a file

locale > import
Open file and add export at the start of each line
Make it executable with the command chmod ugo+rx import
Copy to desired profile and execute ./import

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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answered Sep 26 '12 at 15:31

(a) "Copy to desired profile" -- does this mean to move the file to the home of the user (b) Is this a permanent solution? – Savvas Radevic Sep 27 '12 at 05:06
And what would have been the shell script to write the import on each line ? – Revolucion for Monica Jul 26 '17 at 09:51
Didn't work for me. I tried to do it from my computer to another ssh. – Revolucion for Monica Jul 26 '17 at 09:59

score 6 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 01 '23 at 03:26

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There are some recommendations when configuring locales in remote machines

In Debian machines (remote machine), run the command (as root):
```
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
```
On the first screen, select the desired locales. After that, you will be prompted to choose which is the default locale. Select "none" (reference: https://wiki.debian.org/Locale#Standard).
Configure your ssh service (/etc/ssh/sshd_config) to accept environment variables from the client: uncomment the line:
```
AcceptEnv LANG LC_*
```

Restart your ssh server, logoff and log back in and run the locale command. It must match your local machine's locale.

edited Jul 01 '23 at 03:26

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answered Feb 13 '15 at 19:32

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You said "On the first screen, select the desired locales", but I have tested on Ubuntu V14.04.2LTS and all the process is done automatically (`Generating locales...` ... and later `Generation complete.`) I get no selection screen. – Sopalajo de Arrierez Mar 14 '15 at 00:02
@SopalajodeArrierez did you solve that? – Girol Feb 13 '18 at 16:32
Well, as for today, I am using v16.04 and, indeed, the "first screen" exists and I can select the desired locales. Maybe it was just a problem with v14. – Sopalajo de Arrierez Feb 14 '18 at 02:26
Nice! Sorry about my **huge** delay. I didn't know how to use this tool that time and forgot about my account since then. Best regards. – Girol Feb 14 '18 at 03:06

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