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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+-->
+
+<refentry id="localectl" conditional='ENABLE_LOCALED'
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>localectl</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>localectl</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>localectl</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>localectl</command> may be used to query and change
+ the system locale and keyboard layout settings. It communicates with
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ to modify files such as <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> and
+ <filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename>.</para>
+
+ <para>The system locale controls the language settings of system
+ services and of the UI before the user logs in, such as the
+ display manager, as well as the default for users after
+ login.</para>
+
+ <para>The keyboard settings control the keyboard layout used on
+ the text console and of the graphical UI before the user logs in,
+ such as the display manager, as well as the default for users
+ after login.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that the changes performed using this tool might require
+ the initramfs to be rebuilt to take effect during early system boot.
+ The initramfs is not rebuilt automatically by <filename>localectl</filename>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Note that
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ may be used to initialize the system locale for mounted (but not booted)
+ system images.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Do not query the user for authentication for
+ privileged operations.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--no-convert</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If <command>set-keymap</command> or
+ <command>set-x11-keymap</command> is invoked and this option
+ is passed, then the keymap will not be converted from the
+ console to X11, or X11 to console,
+ respectively.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Commands</title>
+
+ <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>status</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show current settings of the system locale and keyboard mapping.
+ If no command is specified, this is the implied default.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>set-locale LOCALE</command></term>
+ <term><command>set-locale VARIABLE=LOCALEā€¦</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Set the system locale. This takes one locale such as <literal>en_US.UTF-8</literal>, or takes one or more
+ locale assignments such as <literal>LANG=de_DE.utf8</literal>, <literal>LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8</literal>, and so on. If
+ one locale without variable name is provided, then <literal>LANG=</literal> locale variable will be set. See
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details on the available settings and their meanings. Use
+ <command>list-locales</command> for a list of available
+ locales (see below). </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>list-locales</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>List available locales useful for
+ configuration with
+ <command>set-locale</command>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>set-keymap MAP [TOGGLEMAP]</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Set the system keyboard mapping for the
+ console and X11. This takes a mapping name (such as "de" or
+ "us"), and possibly a second one to define a toggle keyboard
+ mapping. Unless <option>--no-convert</option> is passed, the
+ selected setting is also applied as the default system
+ keyboard mapping of X11, after converting it to the closest
+ matching X11 keyboard mapping. Use
+ <command>list-keymaps</command> for a list of available
+ keyboard mappings (see below).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>list-keymaps</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>List available keyboard mappings for the
+ console, useful for configuration with
+ <command>set-keymap</command>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL [VARIANT [OPTIONS]]]</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Set the system default keyboard mapping for
+ X11 and the virtual console. This takes a keyboard mapping
+ name (such as <literal>de</literal> or <literal>us</literal>),
+ and possibly a model, variant, and options, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details. Unless <option>--no-convert</option> is passed,
+ the selected setting is also applied as the system console
+ keyboard mapping, after converting it to the closest matching
+ console keyboard mapping.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>list-x11-keymap-models</command></term>
+ <term><command>list-x11-keymap-layouts</command></term>
+ <term><command>list-x11-keymap-variants [LAYOUT]</command></term>
+ <term><command>list-x11-keymap-options</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>List available X11 keymap models, layouts,
+ variants and options, useful for configuration with
+ <command>set-keymap</command>. The command
+ <command>list-x11-keymap-variants</command> optionally takes a
+ layout parameter to limit the output to the variants suitable
+ for the specific layout.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code
+ otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" />
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='mankier'><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <ulink url="http://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/xorg-docs/input/XKB-Config.html">
+ The XKB Configuration Guide
+ </ulink>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>mkinitrd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>