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locale_gen - Creates or removes locales.

New in version 1.6.

Synopsis

Manages locales by editing /etc/locale.gen and invoking locale-gen.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
name
yes
    Name and encoding of the locale, such as "en_GB.UTF-8".
    state
    no present
    • present
    • absent
    Whether the locale shall be present.

    Examples

    # Ensure a locale exists.
    - locale_gen: name=de_CH.UTF-8 state=present
    

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