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&dhfirstname; &dhsurname; 2001 &dhusername; &dhdate; &dhucpackage; &dhsection; &dhpackage; generates localisation files from templates &dhpackage; --keep-existing This manual page documents briefly the &dhpackage; command. By default, the locale package which provides the base support for localisation of libc-based programs does not contain usable localisation files for every supported language. This limitation has became necessary because of the substantial size of such files and the large number of languages supported by libc. As a result, Debian uses a special mechanism where we prepare the actual localisation files on the target host and distribute only the templates for them. &dhpackage; is a program that reads the file /etc/locale.gen and invokes localedef for the chosen localisation profiles. Run &dhpackage; after you have modified the /etc/locale.gen file. --keep-existing By default, &dhpackage; removes all existing locales and generates new ones afresh. The --keep-existing option prevents this, so that only locales which do not already exist are generated. This is useful if calling locale-gen a number of times in succession. /etc/locale.gen The main configuration file, which has a simple format: every line that is not empty and does not begin with a # is treated as a locale definition that is to be built. localedef(1), locale(1), locale.alias(5), locale.gen(5). This manual page was written by &dhusername; <&dhemail;> for the &debian; system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.