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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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<refentry id="localectl" conditional='ENABLE_LOCALED'
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>localectl</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>localectl</refname>
<refpurpose>Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>localectl</command>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
<arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>localectl</command> may be used to query and change
the system locale and keyboard layout settings. It communicates with
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
to modify files such as <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> and
<filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename>.</para>
<para>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.</para>
<para>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.</para>
<para>Note that the changes performed using this tool might require
the initramfs to be rebuilt to take effect during early system boot.
The initramfs is not rebuilt automatically by <filename>localectl</filename>.
</para>
<para>Note that
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
may be used to initialize the system locale for mounted (but not booted)
system images.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
<listitem><para>Do not query the user for authentication for
privileged operations.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-convert</option></term>
<listitem><para>If <command>set-keymap</command> or
<command>set-x11-keymap</command> is invoked and this option
is passed, then the keymap will not be converted from the
console to X11, or X11 to console,
respectively.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
</variablelist>
<para>The following commands are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>status</command></term>
<listitem><para>Show current settings of the system locale and
keyboard mapping.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>set-locale LOCALE...</command></term>
<listitem><para>Set the system locale. This takes one or more
assignments such as "LANG=de_DE.utf8",
"LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8", and so on. See
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details on the available settings and their meanings. Use
<command>list-locales</command> for a list of available
locales (see below). </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>list-locales</command></term>
<listitem><para>List available locales useful for
configuration with
<command>set-locale</command>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>set-keymap MAP [TOGGLEMAP]</command></term>
<listitem><para>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 <option>--no-convert</option> 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
<command>list-keymaps</command> for a list of available
keyboard mappings (see below).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>list-keymaps</command></term>
<listitem><para>List available keyboard mappings for the
console, useful for configuration with
<command>set-keymap</command>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL [VARIANT [OPTIONS]]]</command></term>
<listitem><para>Set the system default keyboard mapping for
X11 and the virtual console. This takes a keyboard mapping
name (such as <literal>de</literal> or <literal>us</literal>),
and possibly a model, variant, and options, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for details. Unless <option>--no-convert</option> is passed,
the selected setting is also applied as the system console
keyboard mapping, after converting it to the closest matching
console keyboard mapping.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>list-x11-keymap-models</command></term>
<term><command>list-x11-keymap-layouts</command></term>
<term><command>list-x11-keymap-variants [LAYOUT]</command></term>
<term><command>list-x11-keymap-options</command></term>
<listitem><para>List available X11 keymap models, layouts,
variants and options, useful for configuration with
<command>set-keymap</command>. The command
<command>list-x11-keymap-variants</command> optionally takes a
layout parameter to limit the output to the variants suitable
for the specific layout.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
<para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code
otherwise.</para>
</refsect1>
<xi:include href="less-variables.xml" />
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='mankier'><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<ulink url="http://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/xorg-docs/input/XKB-Config.html">
The XKB Configuration Guide
</ulink>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mkinitrd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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