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# locale
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**Note**: One may need to delete `/etc/locale.conf` and `/etc/localtime` before installing this pkg
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## locale.conf
* Archwiki: [Locale ](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Locale )
* -> run `locale -a` to list enabled locales and check for error messages such as `locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory`
* (German) Archwiki: [complete locale.conf example ](https://wiki.archlinux.de/title/Locale.conf )
## locale.gen
1) Edit `/etc/locale.gen`
2) Run `locale-gen`
From Archwiki: [locale#Generating_locales ](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/locale#Generating_locales )
> locale-gen also runs with every update of glibc. [1](https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/blob/packages/glibc/trunk/glibc.install#L2)
## timezone
Archwiki: [Installation_guide#Time_zone ](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide#Time_zone )
