LOCALECTL(1) localectl LOCALECTL(1)

NAME
       localectl - Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings

SYNOPSIS
       localectl [OPTIONS...] {COMMAND}

DESCRIPTION
       localectl may be used to query and change the system locale and
       keyboard layout settings.

       The system locale controls the language settings of system services and
       of the UI before the user logs in, such as the display manager, as well
       as the default for users after login.

       The keyboard settings control the keyboard layout used on the text
       console and of the graphical UI before the user logs in, such as the
       display manager, as well as the default for users after login.

       Use systemd-firstboot(1) to initialize the system locale for mounted
       (but not booted) system images.

OPTIONS
       The following options are understood:

       no-ask-password
           Do not query the user for authentication for privileged operations.

       no-convert
           If set-keymap or set-x11-keymap is invoked and this option is
           passed, then the keymap will not be converted from the console to
           X11, or X11 to console, respectively.

       -H, host=
           Execute the operation remotely. Specify a hostname, or a username
           and hostname separated by "@", to connect to. The hostname may
           optionally be suffixed by a container name, separated by ":", which
           connects directly to a specific container on the specified host.
           This will use SSH to talk to the remote machine manager instance.
           Container names may be enumerated with machinectl -H HOST.

       -h, help
           Print a short help text and exit.

       version
           Print a short version string and exit.

       no-pager
           Do not pipe output into a pager.

       The following commands are understood:

       status
           Show current settings of the system locale and keyboard mapping.

       set-locale LOCALE...
           Set the system locale. This takes one or more assignments such as
           "LANG=deDE.utf8", "LCMESSAGES=enGB.utf8", and so on. See
           locale(7) for details on the available settings and their meanings.
           Use list-locales for a list of available locales (see below).

       list-locales
           List available locales useful for configuration with set-locale.

       set-keymap MAP [TOGGLEMAP]
           Set the system keyboard mapping for the console and X11. This takes
           a mapping name (such as "de" or "us"), and possibly a second one to
           define a toggle keyboard mapping. Unless no-convert is passed,
           the selected setting is also applied as the default system keyboard
           mapping of X11, after converting it to the closest matching X11
           keyboard mapping. Use list-keymaps for a list of available keyboard
           mappings (see below).

       list-keymaps
           List available keyboard mappings for the console, useful for
           configuration with set-keymap.

       set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL [VARIANT [OPTIONS]]]
           Set the system default keyboard mapping for X11 and the virtual
           console. This takes a keyboard mapping name (such as "de" or "us"),
           and possibly a model, variant, and options, see kbd(4) for details.
           Unless no-convert is passed, the selected setting is also applied
           as the system console keyboard mapping, after converting it to the
           closest matching console keyboard mapping.

       list-x11-keymap-models, list-x11-keymap-layouts,
       list-x11-keymap-variants [LAYOUT], list-x11-keymap-options
           List available X11 keymap models, layouts, variants and options,
           useful for configuration with set-keymap. The command
           list-x11-keymap-variants optionally takes a layout parameter to
           limit the output to the variants suitable for the specific layout.

EXIT STATUS
       On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

ENVIRONMENT
       $SYSTEMDPAGER
           Pager to use when no-pager is not given; overrides $PAGER.
           Setting this to an empty string or the value "cat" is equivalent to
           passing no-pager.

       $SYSTEMDLESS
           Override the default options passed to less ("FRSXMK").

SEE ALSO
       systemd(1), locale(7), locale.conf(5), vconsole.conf(5), loadkeys(1),
       kbd(4), The XKB Configuration Guide[1], systemctl(1), systemd-
       localed.service(8), systemd-firstboot(1)

NOTES
        1. The XKB Configuration Guide
           http://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/xorg-docs/input/XKB-Config.html



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