How do I configure a multilanguage environment for Linux systems?

This article mainly describes how to configure the Linux system for the basic methods of the multilingual environment, including the coding of the modification method, we take the most users of the Ubuntu and CentOS these two examples. Need a friend to refer to under.

　　Modify the/etc/sysconfig/i18n file, such as

Lang= "en_US. UTF-8 ", Xwindow will display the English interface,

Lang= "ZH_CN. GB18030 ", Xwindow will display the Chinese interface.

There is also a way to cp/etc/sysconfig/i18n $HOME/.i18n modify $HOME/.i18n files, such as

Lang= "en_US. UTF-8 ", Xwindow will display the English interface,

Lang= "ZH_CN. GB18030 ", Xwindow will display the Chinese interface.

This will change the personal interface language without affecting other users.

The modified/etc/sysconfig/i18n file is:

The code is as follows:

Lang= "en_US. UTF-8 "

Supported= "ZH_CN. GB18030:zh_CN:zh:en_US. Utf-8:en_us:en "

Sysfont= "Latarcyrheb-sun16"

Lc_all= "en_US. UTF-8 "

Export Lc_all

Reboot after Setup or use rc.local to make it effective

or modify the. bash_profile file of the logged-on user

The code is as follows:

Export LANG=ZH_CN. GB18030

Export LANGUAGE=ZH_CN.GB18030:ZH_CN.GB2312:ZH_CN

　　Ubuntu

For example, the Ubuntu system language environment changed to English en_US. UTF-8:

View the current system locale, edit the configuration file, and Zh_us. UTF-8 changed to en_US. Utf-8,zh changed en

The code is as follows:

sudo nano/etc/default/locale

Lang= "en_US. UTF-8 "

Language= "En_us:en"

　　Centos:

Method One, the use of optical discs or the equivalent of optical media

The code is as follows:

# Mount/dev/cdrom/mnt/cdrom

# Cd/mnt/cdrom

# RPM-IVH Fonts-chinese

Method Two, the code is as follows:

# yum Install Fonts-chinese

After installation, set the language of the system, using the desktop or character mode can be modified to include the following content can be:

The code is as follows:

vim/etc/sysconfig/i18n

The code is as follows:

Lang= "ZH_CN. GB2312 "

Language= "Zh_CN.GB18030:zh_CN.GB2312:zh_CN"

Supported= "ZH_CN. Gb18030:zh_cn. Gb2312:zh_cn. Utf-8:zh:en_us. Utf-8:en_us:en:ja_jp. Utf-8:ja_jp:ja "

Sysfont= "Lat0-sun16"

Sysfontacm= "8859-15"