change the language locale

[peterchu]

Now We have set to the language as "us" , how to change it to other language ? thx.

[Alexander Chuzhoy · Accepted solution]

you have to set the variable like this:

LANG=us
export LANG



insert two lines to the .bashrc and you're set

[peterchu]

thx Alex 's reply .
if I want to change the system 's language locale , what can i do ? thx.

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

do the mentioned above...
to check what the language is set :
echo $LANG

[Kodjo Agbenu]

Hi,

On Red Hat, check /etc/sysconfig/i18n.

Good luck.

Kodjo

[peterchu]

thx Kodjo Agbenu,

one more question
I modified the language setting to the file , do I need to re-start the server ? thx in advance.