slpkg syntax

however · 04-17-2024, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Petri Kaukasoina

There is no such locale: en_MT.UTF-8. (There is mt_MT.utf8).

well, i didn't choose it as I am guessing it happens when, in a country, there are more than one official language?

Now, the question is, how do i change it? Do I write my locale by editing /etc/profile.d/lang.sh?

marav · 04-17-2024, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by however

well, i didn't choose it as I am guessing it happens when, in a country, there are more than one official language?

Now, the question is, how do i change it? Do I write my locale by editing /etc/profile.d/lang.sh?

Yes, your system wide locale must be set there

Supported "locale" are here:
=> /usr/share/locale/

Code:

$ locale -a

however · 04-17-2024, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marav

Yes, your system wide locale must be set there

Supported "locale" are here:
=> /usr/share/locale/

Code:

$ locale -a

I don't get it though! My /etc/profile.d/lang.sh is set to LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# Set the system locale.  (no, we don't have a menu for this ;-)
# For a list of locales which are supported by this machine, type:
#   locale -a

# en_US.UTF-8 is the Slackware default locale.  If you're looking for
# a different UTF-8 locale, be aware that some of them do not include
# UTF-8 or utf8 in the name.  To test if a locale is UTF-8, use this
# command:
#
# LANG=<locale> locale -k charmap
#
# UTF-8 locales will include "UTF-8" in the output.
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Quote:

bash-5.2# set | grep LC
LC_ALL=
LC_COLLATE=C
LC_MONETARY=en_MT.UTF-8
MAILCHECK=60
bash-5.2#

Am i completely wrong or, this shows that the line 'LC_MONETARY is set to en_MT.UTF-8 (what is LC-MONETARY)

Should i edit the 'LC_MONETARY' line in this case? if so, where is it?

however · 04-18-2024, 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Petri Kaukasoina

Code:

$ LC_MONETARY=en_MT.UTF-8 python
Python 3.11.9 (main, Apr  2 2024, 13:43:44) [GCC 13.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import locale
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.11/locale.py", line 627, in setlocale
    return _setlocale(category, locale)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
locale.Error: unsupported locale setting
>>>

My 'locale' is set to the correct language

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# Set the system locale.  (no, we don't have a menu for this ;-)
# For a list of locales which are supported by this machine, type:
#   locale -a

# en_US.UTF-8 is the Slackware default locale.  If you're looking for
# a different UTF-8 locale, be aware that some of them do not include
# UTF-8 or utf8 in the name.  To test if a locale is UTF-8, use this
# command:
#
# LANG=<locale> locale -k charmap
#
# UTF-8 locales will include "UTF-8" in the output.
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

how do i edit the LC_MONETARY?

henca · 04-18-2024, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by however

(what is LC-MONETARY)

That variable says something about how values and currencies should be displayed. Different countries might have different preferences like:

1 000,00 €
1,000.00 $

Quote:

Originally Posted by however

Should i edit the 'LC_MONETARY' line in this case? if so, where is it?

On my Slackware 15.0 system it has not been set at all. On your system, it has probably been set in some login file of yours or possibly by some desktop environment.

regards Henrik