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<a href="../libudev/index.html">gudev </a><span style="float:right">systemd 215</span><hr><div class="refentry"><a name="localectl"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>localectl — Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">localectl</code> [OPTIONS...] {COMMAND}</p></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214196021920"></a><h2 id="Description">Description<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Description">¶</a></h2><p><span class="command"><strong>localectl</strong></span> may be used to
query and change the system locale and keyboard layout
settings.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214196018768"></a><h2 id="Options">Options<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Options">¶</a></h2><p>The following options are understood:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="--no-ask-password"><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-ask-password</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--no-ask-password">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Do not query the user
for authentication for privileged
operations.</p></dd><dt id="-P"><span class="term"><code class="option">-P</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--privileged</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#-P">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Acquire privileges via PolicyKit
before executing the operation.</p></dd><dt id="--no-convert"><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-convert</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--no-convert">¶</a></dt><dd><p>If
<span class="command"><strong>set-keymap</strong></span> or
<span class="command"><strong>set-x11-keymap</strong></span> is
invoked and this option is passed, then
the keymap will not be converted from
the console to X11, or X11 to console,
respectively.</p></dd><dt id="-H"><span class="term"><code class="option">-H</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#-H">¶</a></dt><dd><p><a name="host-text"></a>Execute the operation remotely. Specify a hostname, or a
username and hostname separated by "<code class="literal">@</code>", to
connect to. The hostname may optionally be suffixed by a
container name, separated by "<code class="literal">:</code>", which
connects directly to a specific container on the specified
host. This will use SSH to talk to the remote machine manager
instance. Container names may be enumerated with
<span class="command"><strong>machinectl -H
<em class="replaceable"><code>HOST</code></em></strong></span>.</p></dd><dt id="-h"><span class="term"><code class="option">-h</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#-h">¶</a></dt><dd><p><a name="help-text"></a>Print a short help text and exit.
</p></dd><dt id="--version"><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--version">¶</a></dt><dd><p><a name="version-text"></a>Print a short version string and exit.</p></dd><dt id="--no-pager"><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-pager</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--no-pager">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Do not pipe output into a pager.</p></dd></dl></div><p>The following commands are understood:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="status"><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>status</strong></span></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#status">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Show current settings
of the system locale and keyboard
mapping.</p></dd><dt id="set-locale LOCALE..."><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>set-locale LOCALE...</strong></span></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#set-locale%20LOCALE...">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Set the system
locale. This takes one or more
assignments such as "LANG=de_DE.utf8",
"LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8", and so
on. See
<a href="locale.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">locale</span>(7)</span></a>
for details on the available settings
and their meanings. Use
<span class="command"><strong>list-locales</strong></span> for a
list of available locales (see below).
</p></dd><dt id="list-locales"><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>list-locales</strong></span></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#list-locales">¶</a></dt><dd><p>List available locales
useful for configuration with
<span class="command"><strong>set-locale</strong></span>.</p></dd><dt id="set-keymap MAP [TOGGLEMAP]"><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>set-keymap MAP [TOGGLEMAP]</strong></span></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#set-keymap%20MAP%20%5BTOGGLEMAP%5D">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Set the system
keyboard mapping for the console. This
takes a keyboard mapping name (such as
"de" or "us"), and possibly a second
one to define a toggle keyboard
mapping. Unless
<code class="option">--no-convert</code> is
passed, the selected setting is also
applied to the default keyboard
mapping of X11, after converting it to
the closest matching X11 keyboard
mapping. Use
<span class="command"><strong>list-keymaps</strong></span> for a
list of available keyboard mappings
(see below).</p></dd><dt id="list-keymaps"><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>list-keymaps</strong></span></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#list-keymaps">¶</a></dt><dd><p>List available
keyboard mappings for the console,
useful for configuration with
<span class="command"><strong>set-keymap</strong></span>.</p></dd><dt id="set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL] [VARIANT] [OPTIONS]"><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL] [VARIANT] [OPTIONS]</strong></span></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#set-x11-keymap%20LAYOUT%20%5BMODEL%5D%20%5BVARIANT%5D%20%5BOPTIONS%5D">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Set the system default
keyboard mapping for X11. This takes a
keyboard mapping name (such as "de" or
"us"), and possibly a model, variant
and options, see
<a href="kbd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">kbd</span>(4)</span></a>
for details. Unless
<code class="option">--no-convert</code> is
passed, the selected setting is also
applied to the system console keyboard
mapping, after converting it to the
closest matching console keyboard
mapping.</p></dd><dt id="list-x11-keymap-models"><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>list-x11-keymap-models</strong></span>, </span><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>list-x11-keymap-layouts</strong></span>, </span><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>list-x11-keymap-variants [LAYOUT]</strong></span>, </span><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>list-x11-keymap-options</strong></span></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#list-x11-keymap-models">¶</a></dt><dd><p>List available X11
keymap models, layouts, variants and
options, useful for configuration with
<span class="command"><strong>set-keymap</strong></span>. The
command
<span class="command"><strong>list-x11-keymap-variants</strong></span>
optionally takes a layout parameter to
limit the output to the variants
suitable for the specific
layout.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214199874560"></a><h2 id="Exit status">Exit status<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Exit%20status">¶</a></h2><p>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
code otherwise.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214186560208"></a><h2 id="Environment">Environment<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Environment">¶</a></h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="$SYSTEMD_PAGER"><span class="term"><code class="varname">$SYSTEMD_PAGER</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#%24SYSTEMD_PAGER">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Pager to use when
<code class="option">--no-pager</code> is not given;
overrides <code class="varname">$PAGER</code>. Setting
this to an empty string or the value
"<code class="literal">cat</code>" is equivalent to passing
<code class="option">--no-pager</code>.</p></dd><dt id="$SYSTEMD_LESS"><span class="term"><code class="varname">$SYSTEMD_LESS</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#%24SYSTEMD_LESS">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Override the default
options passed to
<span class="command"><strong>less</strong></span>
("<code class="literal">FRSXMK</code>").</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214199872848"></a><h2 id="See Also">See Also<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#See%20Also">¶</a></h2><p>
<a href="systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd</span>(1)</span></a>,
<a href="locale.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">locale</span>(7)</span></a>,
<a href="locale.conf.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">locale.conf</span>(5)</span></a>,
<a href="vconsole.conf.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">vconsole.conf</span>(5)</span></a>,
<a href="loadkeys.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">loadkeys</span>(1)</span></a>,
<a href="kbd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">kbd</span>(4)</span></a>,
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/xorg-docs/input/XKB-Config.html" target="_top">
The XKB Configuration Guide
</a>,
<a href="systemctl.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemctl</span>(1)</span></a>,
<a href="systemd-localed.service.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-localed.service</span>(8)</span></a>
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