archlinux

17 - Localization

Previous: Set timezone

References:

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide#Localization

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Edit locale.gen :

nano /etc/locale.gen

Replace the line #en_US.UTF-8 by

en_US.UTF-8

Run

locale-gen

Create /etc/locale.conf by running

echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.conf

Check the result:

cat /etc/locale.conf

Create /etc/vconsole.conf by running (for US keyboard)

echo "KEYMAP=us" >> /etc/vconsole.conf

Alternative (for a Brazilian keyboard), execute

echo "KEYMAP=br-abnt2" >> /etc/vconsole.conf

Check the result:

cat /etc/vconsole.conf

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