<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> <!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later --> <refentry id="systemd-localed.service" conditional='ENABLE_LOCALED'> <refentryinfo> <title>systemd-localed.service</title> <productname>systemd</productname> </refentryinfo> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>systemd-localed.service</refname> <refname>systemd-localed</refname> <refpurpose>Locale bus mechanism</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <para><filename>systemd-localed.service</filename></para> <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-localed</filename></para> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para><filename>systemd-localed.service</filename> is a system service that may be used as mechanism to change the system locale settings, as well as the console key mapping and default X11 key mapping. <filename>systemd-localed</filename> is automatically activated on request and terminates itself when it is unused.</para> <para>The tool <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> is a command line client to this service.</para> <para>See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>org.freedesktop.locale1</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>org.freedesktop.LogControl1</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for a description of the D-Bus API.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</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='man-pages'><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry project='mankier'><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> </refentry>