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$LANG variable (iusearchlinux.fyi)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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How do i set the $LANG variable without using export? I have set my locale.conf to LANG=en_US.UTF-8 but LANG is still always set to en_US which is not valid. I'd prefer not to use .bashrc or /etc/. Thanks in advance!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I've solved it by running g eselect locale set x with x being the locale. Thanks for your contribution.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Nevermind somehow it was set back

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

It is OK 👍

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Localization/Guide

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

This has solved it ultimately.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why no export, bashrc, or /etc ?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

If something else is setting it as en_US, then I don't want a conflict.