eselect locale

An eselect module for managing the LANG environment variable, which sets the system language. More information: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Eselect#Locale.

• List available locales:

eselect locale list

• Set the LANG environment variable in /etc/profile.env by name or index from the list command:

eselect locale set name|index

• Display the value of LANG in /etc/profile.env:

eselect locale show