Quick Start Guide
Set Locale Settings for User root to the desired value. For more infor-
mation, click Help.
4a
4b
Decide if you want to Use UTF-8 Encoding for root or not.
5 If your locale was not included in the list of primary languages available, try
specifying it with Detailed Locale Setting. However, some of these localizations
may be incomplete.
6 Conrm your changes in the dialogs with OK. If you have selected secondary
languages, YaST installs the localized software packages for the additional
languages.
The system is now multilingual. However, to start an application in a language other
than the primary one, you need to set the desired language explicitly as explained
in Section 11.1.3, “Switching Languages for Individual Applications” (page 148).
11.1.2 Switching the Default System Language
1 To globally switch the default system language, start the YaST language
module.
2 Select the desired new system language as Primary Language.
IMPORTANT: Deleting Former System Languages
If you switch to a dierent primary language, the localized software pack-
ages for the former primary language will be removed from the system. If
you want to switch the default system language but want to keep the former
primary language as additional language, add it as Secondary Language
by enabling the respective checkbox.
3 Adjust the keyboard and time zone options as desired.
4 Conrm your changes with OK.
5 After YaST has applied the changes, restart any X sessions (for example, by
logging out and logging in again) to make YaST and the desktop applications
reect your new language settings.
11.1.3 Switching Languages for Individual Applications
After you have installed the respective language with YaST, you can run a single
application in another language.
Standard X and GNOME Applications
Start the application from the command line by using the following command:
LANG=
languageapplication
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