Configure System Locale

Overview

Set UTF-8 Chinese locale

Commands

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y locales

sudo locale-gen zh_CN.UTF-8

sudo update-locale LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8

Use Cases

Servers with a Chinese environment, fix garbled Chinese filenames.

Prerequisites

None.

FAQ

• Restart shell needed → re-login or source /etc/default/locale

Related

• Back to system-config