locale_gen - Creates of removes locales.

Synopsis

New in version 1.6.

Manages locales by editing /etc/locale.gen and invoking locale-gen.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
name yes
    Name and encoding of the locale, such as "en_GB.UTF-8".
    state no present
    • present
    • absent
    Whether the locale shall be present.

    Examples


    # Ensure a locale exists.
    - locale_gen: name=de_CH.UTF-8 state=present
    

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