* Foss User <foss...@gmail.com> [2009 Feb 05 22:37 -0600]: > I want that when Debian boots and I log into gnome and open > gnome-terminal, echo $LANG shows en_US instead of en_IN. > > I found that in /etc/environment, the content was: > > LANG="en_IN" > > So, I changed it to LANG="en_US" and rebooted the system. But after > rebooting and opening gnome-terminal, I find echo $LANG to output > en_IN again. > > So, where should I make this change so that after rebooting echo $LANG > outputs en_US ?
If you want it to be changed system wide, for all users, doing `dpkg-reconfigure -p low locales' will give you a series of debconf screens where you can select the locales to be installed and then the default locale, which in my case is en_US.UTF-8. Here is more background information: http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch09.en.html#thelocale - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
