Debian 9: How to set English language with German Locale?
I want to use English language with German locale settings.
Right now my system runs with the following setup (configured during installation procedure in Debian Expert Installer):
- Language:
English - English (Default)
- Country, territory or area:
other -> Europe -> Austria
- Country to base default locale settings on:
United States - en_US.UTF-8
- Keyboard:
German
My question now is:
How can I preserve English language but switch the current locale (United States - en_US.UTF-8) to desired German locale (de_DE.UTF-8)?
During installation procedure this was not possible because an error occurred ("Invalid language/locale settings combination detected").
linux debian locale language
edited 2 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
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asked Jul 17 '18 at 9:44
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I want to use English language with German locale settings.
Right now my system runs with the following setup (configured during installation procedure in Debian Expert Installer):
- Language:
English - English (Default)
- Country, territory or area:
other -> Europe -> Austria
- Country to base default locale settings on:
United States - en_US.UTF-8
- Keyboard:
German
My question now is:
How can I preserve English language but switch the current locale (United States - en_US.UTF-8) to desired German locale (de_DE.UTF-8)?
During installation procedure this was not possible because an error occurred ("Invalid language/locale settings combination detected").
linux debian locale language
edited 2 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.5k1483140
asked Jul 17 '18 at 9:44
DaveDave
290217
Related (duplicate?): unix.stackexchange.com/questions/15291/set-lc-but-not-lc-all
– Heinzi
Jul 17 '18 at 13:24
I was just looking on how to setup English with Dutch locale (same problem) and the first Google hit is this one. Long live StackExchange :-)
– Tonny
Jul 17 '18 at 13:55
1
Found this in "hot network questions" and now I'm interested: What are you trying to achieve? English, but with some words different specifically for German speakers? Like "I just took an Abitur exam" or "This is a train from Deutsche Bahn"?
– Fabian Röling
Jul 17 '18 at 14:18
@Fabian I suspect the use-case here is to have English messages, but German date formats etc.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 19 '18 at 17:34
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I want to use English language with German locale settings.
Right now my system runs with the following setup (configured during installation procedure in Debian Expert Installer):
- Language:
English - English (Default)
- Country, territory or area:
other -> Europe -> Austria
- Country to base default locale settings on:
United States - en_US.UTF-8
- Keyboard:
German
My question now is:
How can I preserve English language but switch the current locale (United States - en_US.UTF-8) to desired German locale (de_DE.UTF-8)?
During installation procedure this was not possible because an error occurred ("Invalid language/locale settings combination detected").
linux debian locale language
edited 2 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.5k1483140
asked Jul 17 '18 at 9:44
DaveDave
290217
I want to use English language with German locale settings.
Right now my system runs with the following setup (configured during installation procedure in Debian Expert Installer):
- Language:
English - English (Default)
- Country, territory or area:
other -> Europe -> Austria
- Country to base default locale settings on:
United States - en_US.UTF-8
- Keyboard:
German
My question now is:
How can I preserve English language but switch the current locale (United States - en_US.UTF-8) to desired German locale (de_DE.UTF-8)?
During installation procedure this was not possible because an error occurred ("Invalid language/locale settings combination detected").
linux debian locale language
linux debian locale language
edited 2 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.5k1483140
asked Jul 17 '18 at 9:44
DaveDave
290217
edited 2 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.5k1483140
asked Jul 17 '18 at 9:44
DaveDave
290217
edited 2 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.5k1483140
edited 2 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.5k1483140
edited 2 hours ago
Rui F Ribeiro
41.5k1483140
41.5k1483140
asked Jul 17 '18 at 9:44
DaveDave
290217
asked Jul 17 '18 at 9:44
DaveDave
290217
asked Jul 17 '18 at 9:44
DaveDave
290217
290217
Related (duplicate?): unix.stackexchange.com/questions/15291/set-lc-but-not-lc-all
– Heinzi
Jul 17 '18 at 13:24
I was just looking on how to setup English with Dutch locale (same problem) and the first Google hit is this one. Long live StackExchange :-)
– Tonny
Jul 17 '18 at 13:55
1
Found this in "hot network questions" and now I'm interested: What are you trying to achieve? English, but with some words different specifically for German speakers? Like "I just took an Abitur exam" or "This is a train from Deutsche Bahn"?
– Fabian Röling
Jul 17 '18 at 14:18
@Fabian I suspect the use-case here is to have English messages, but German date formats etc.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 19 '18 at 17:34
add a comment |
Related (duplicate?): unix.stackexchange.com/questions/15291/set-lc-but-not-lc-all
– Heinzi
Jul 17 '18 at 13:24
I was just looking on how to setup English with Dutch locale (same problem) and the first Google hit is this one. Long live StackExchange :-)
– Tonny
Jul 17 '18 at 13:55
1
Found this in "hot network questions" and now I'm interested: What are you trying to achieve? English, but with some words different specifically for German speakers? Like "I just took an Abitur exam" or "This is a train from Deutsche Bahn"?
– Fabian Röling
Jul 17 '18 at 14:18
@Fabian I suspect the use-case here is to have English messages, but German date formats etc.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 19 '18 at 17:34
Related (duplicate?): unix.stackexchange.com/questions/15291/set-lc-but-not-lc-all
– Heinzi
Jul 17 '18 at 13:24
Related (duplicate?): unix.stackexchange.com/questions/15291/set-lc-but-not-lc-all
– Heinzi
Jul 17 '18 at 13:24
I was just looking on how to setup English with Dutch locale (same problem) and the first Google hit is this one. Long live StackExchange :-)
– Tonny
Jul 17 '18 at 13:55
I was just looking on how to setup English with Dutch locale (same problem) and the first Google hit is this one. Long live StackExchange :-)
– Tonny
Jul 17 '18 at 13:55
1
1
Found this in "hot network questions" and now I'm interested: What are you trying to achieve? English, but with some words different specifically for German speakers? Like "I just took an Abitur exam" or "This is a train from Deutsche Bahn"?
– Fabian Röling
Jul 17 '18 at 14:18
Found this in "hot network questions" and now I'm interested: What are you trying to achieve? English, but with some words different specifically for German speakers? Like "I just took an Abitur exam" or "This is a train from Deutsche Bahn"?
– Fabian Röling
Jul 17 '18 at 14:18
@Fabian I suspect the use-case here is to have English messages, but German date formats etc.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 19 '18 at 17:34
@Fabian I suspect the use-case here is to have English messages, but German date formats etc.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 19 '18 at 17:34
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en_DE doesn’t exist as a default locale, so you can’t select English localised for German-speaking countries as a locale during installation. (Why should one use update-locale instead of directly setting LANGUAGE? describes the checks involved in choosing a locale.)
There are two approaches to achieve what you’re after.
- One is to create a new locale with your settings; see How to (easily) be able to use a new en_** locale? for details.
The other is to set up your locale settings in a finer-grained fashion, using the various
LC_variables; for example:
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
export LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
or, if you want German to be the default except for messages:
export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
export LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
(and unset any other conflicting
LC_variables, in particularLC_ALLwhich overrides all other settings). You can check your settings using thelocaleprogram; see How does the "locale" program work? for details.
answered Jul 17 '18 at 9:54
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
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Since LANG is only a fallback, your proposal does not work in case there are other LC_* variables.
– schily
Jul 17 '18 at 10:04
1
Well that’s the whole point of usingLANGhere, but I’ve clarified that, thanks.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 17 '18 at 10:06
Thanks a lot for your great help Stephen! Do I first have to generate the German locale before I can type it into/etc/default/locale? I guess right now I only have US-locale existent, so I fearde_DE.UTF-8is not yet available on my system?
– Dave
Jul 17 '18 at 10:46
2
@Dave you’ll need to make it available, yes, either by runningsudo dpkg-reconfigure localesor by installinglocales-all. You shouldn’t edit/etc/default/localedirectly, but useupdate-localeinstead (see the first link in the answer).
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 17 '18 at 11:07
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en_DE doesn’t exist as a default locale, so you can’t select English localised for German-speaking countries as a locale during installation. (Why should one use update-locale instead of directly setting LANGUAGE? describes the checks involved in choosing a locale.)
There are two approaches to achieve what you’re after.
- One is to create a new locale with your settings; see How to (easily) be able to use a new en_** locale? for details.
The other is to set up your locale settings in a finer-grained fashion, using the various
LC_variables; for example:
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
export LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
or, if you want German to be the default except for messages:
export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
export LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
(and unset any other conflicting
LC_variables, in particularLC_ALLwhich overrides all other settings). You can check your settings using thelocaleprogram; see How does the "locale" program work? for details.
answered Jul 17 '18 at 9:54
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
176k24401479
Since LANG is only a fallback, your proposal does not work in case there are other LC_* variables.
– schily
Jul 17 '18 at 10:04
1
Well that’s the whole point of usingLANGhere, but I’ve clarified that, thanks.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 17 '18 at 10:06
Thanks a lot for your great help Stephen! Do I first have to generate the German locale before I can type it into/etc/default/locale? I guess right now I only have US-locale existent, so I fearde_DE.UTF-8is not yet available on my system?
– Dave
Jul 17 '18 at 10:46
2
@Dave you’ll need to make it available, yes, either by runningsudo dpkg-reconfigure localesor by installinglocales-all. You shouldn’t edit/etc/default/localedirectly, but useupdate-localeinstead (see the first link in the answer).
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 17 '18 at 11:07
add a comment |
en_DE doesn’t exist as a default locale, so you can’t select English localised for German-speaking countries as a locale during installation. (Why should one use update-locale instead of directly setting LANGUAGE? describes the checks involved in choosing a locale.)
There are two approaches to achieve what you’re after.
- One is to create a new locale with your settings; see How to (easily) be able to use a new en_** locale? for details.
The other is to set up your locale settings in a finer-grained fashion, using the various
LC_variables; for example:
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
export LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
or, if you want German to be the default except for messages:
export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
export LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
(and unset any other conflicting
LC_variables, in particularLC_ALLwhich overrides all other settings). You can check your settings using thelocaleprogram; see How does the "locale" program work? for details.
answered Jul 17 '18 at 9:54
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
176k24401479
Since LANG is only a fallback, your proposal does not work in case there are other LC_* variables.
– schily
Jul 17 '18 at 10:04
1
Well that’s the whole point of usingLANGhere, but I’ve clarified that, thanks.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 17 '18 at 10:06
Thanks a lot for your great help Stephen! Do I first have to generate the German locale before I can type it into/etc/default/locale? I guess right now I only have US-locale existent, so I fearde_DE.UTF-8is not yet available on my system?
– Dave
Jul 17 '18 at 10:46
2
@Dave you’ll need to make it available, yes, either by runningsudo dpkg-reconfigure localesor by installinglocales-all. You shouldn’t edit/etc/default/localedirectly, but useupdate-localeinstead (see the first link in the answer).
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 17 '18 at 11:07
add a comment |
en_DE doesn’t exist as a default locale, so you can’t select English localised for German-speaking countries as a locale during installation. (Why should one use update-locale instead of directly setting LANGUAGE? describes the checks involved in choosing a locale.)
There are two approaches to achieve what you’re after.
- One is to create a new locale with your settings; see How to (easily) be able to use a new en_** locale? for details.
The other is to set up your locale settings in a finer-grained fashion, using the various
LC_variables; for example:
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
export LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
or, if you want German to be the default except for messages:
export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
export LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
(and unset any other conflicting
LC_variables, in particularLC_ALLwhich overrides all other settings). You can check your settings using thelocaleprogram; see How does the "locale" program work? for details.
answered Jul 17 '18 at 9:54
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
176k24401479
en_DE doesn’t exist as a default locale, so you can’t select English localised for German-speaking countries as a locale during installation. (Why should one use update-locale instead of directly setting LANGUAGE? describes the checks involved in choosing a locale.)
There are two approaches to achieve what you’re after.
- One is to create a new locale with your settings; see How to (easily) be able to use a new en_** locale? for details.
The other is to set up your locale settings in a finer-grained fashion, using the various
LC_variables; for example:
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
export LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
or, if you want German to be the default except for messages:
export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
export LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
(and unset any other conflicting
LC_variables, in particularLC_ALLwhich overrides all other settings). You can check your settings using thelocaleprogram; see How does the "locale" program work? for details.
answered Jul 17 '18 at 9:54
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
176k24401479
edited Jul 17 '18 at 10:17
answered Jul 17 '18 at 9:54
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
176k24401479
answered Jul 17 '18 at 9:54
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
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answered Jul 17 '18 at 9:54
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Since LANG is only a fallback, your proposal does not work in case there are other LC_* variables.
– schily
Jul 17 '18 at 10:04
1
Well that’s the whole point of usingLANGhere, but I’ve clarified that, thanks.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 17 '18 at 10:06
Thanks a lot for your great help Stephen! Do I first have to generate the German locale before I can type it into/etc/default/locale? I guess right now I only have US-locale existent, so I fearde_DE.UTF-8is not yet available on my system?
– Dave
Jul 17 '18 at 10:46
2
@Dave you’ll need to make it available, yes, either by runningsudo dpkg-reconfigure localesor by installinglocales-all. You shouldn’t edit/etc/default/localedirectly, but useupdate-localeinstead (see the first link in the answer).
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 17 '18 at 11:07
add a comment |
Since LANG is only a fallback, your proposal does not work in case there are other LC_* variables.
– schily
Jul 17 '18 at 10:04
1
Well that’s the whole point of usingLANGhere, but I’ve clarified that, thanks.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 17 '18 at 10:06
Thanks a lot for your great help Stephen! Do I first have to generate the German locale before I can type it into/etc/default/locale? I guess right now I only have US-locale existent, so I fearde_DE.UTF-8is not yet available on my system?
– Dave
Jul 17 '18 at 10:46
2
@Dave you’ll need to make it available, yes, either by runningsudo dpkg-reconfigure localesor by installinglocales-all. You shouldn’t edit/etc/default/localedirectly, but useupdate-localeinstead (see the first link in the answer).
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 17 '18 at 11:07
Since LANG is only a fallback, your proposal does not work in case there are other LC_* variables.
– schily
Jul 17 '18 at 10:04
Since LANG is only a fallback, your proposal does not work in case there are other LC_* variables.
– schily
Jul 17 '18 at 10:04
1
1
Well that’s the whole point of using
LANG here, but I’ve clarified that, thanks.– Stephen Kitt
Jul 17 '18 at 10:06
Well that’s the whole point of using
LANG here, but I’ve clarified that, thanks.– Stephen Kitt
Jul 17 '18 at 10:06
Thanks a lot for your great help Stephen! Do I first have to generate the German locale before I can type it into
/etc/default/locale? I guess right now I only have US-locale existent, so I fear de_DE.UTF-8 is not yet available on my system?– Dave
Jul 17 '18 at 10:46
Thanks a lot for your great help Stephen! Do I first have to generate the German locale before I can type it into
/etc/default/locale? I guess right now I only have US-locale existent, so I fear de_DE.UTF-8 is not yet available on my system?– Dave
Jul 17 '18 at 10:46
2
2
@Dave you’ll need to make it available, yes, either by running
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales or by installing locales-all. You shouldn’t edit /etc/default/locale directly, but use update-locale instead (see the first link in the answer).– Stephen Kitt
Jul 17 '18 at 11:07
@Dave you’ll need to make it available, yes, either by running
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales or by installing locales-all. You shouldn’t edit /etc/default/locale directly, but use update-locale instead (see the first link in the answer).– Stephen Kitt
Jul 17 '18 at 11:07
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Related (duplicate?): unix.stackexchange.com/questions/15291/set-lc-but-not-lc-all
– Heinzi
Jul 17 '18 at 13:24
I was just looking on how to setup English with Dutch locale (same problem) and the first Google hit is this one. Long live StackExchange :-)
– Tonny
Jul 17 '18 at 13:55
1
Found this in "hot network questions" and now I'm interested: What are you trying to achieve? English, but with some words different specifically for German speakers? Like "I just took an Abitur exam" or "This is a train from Deutsche Bahn"?
– Fabian Röling
Jul 17 '18 at 14:18
@Fabian I suspect the use-case here is to have English messages, but German date formats etc.
– Stephen Kitt
Jul 19 '18 at 17:34