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 <refentry id="localectl" conditional='ENABLE_LOCALED'
           xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">

         <refentryinfo>
                 <title>localectl</title>
                 <productname>systemd</productname>

                 <authorgroup>
                         <author>
                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
                         </author>
                 </authorgroup>
         </refentryinfo>

         <refmeta>
                 <refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle>
                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
         </refmeta>

         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>localectl</refname>
                 <refpurpose>Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings</refpurpose>
         </refnamediv>

         <refsynopsisdiv>
                 <cmdsynopsis>
                         <command>localectl</command>
                         <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
                         <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
                 </cmdsynopsis>
         </refsynopsisdiv>

         <refsect1>
                 <title>Description</title>

                 <para><command>localectl</command> may be used to
                 query and change the system locale and keyboard layout
                 settings.</para>

                 <para>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.</para>

                 <para>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.</para>

                 <para>Use
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 to initialize the system locale for mounted (but not
                 booted) system images.</para>
         </refsect1>

         <refsect1>
                 <title>Options</title>

                 <para>The following options are understood:</para>

                 <variablelist>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>

                                 <listitem><para>Do not query the user
                                 for authentication for privileged
                                 operations.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>

                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--no-convert</option></term>

                                 <listitem><para>If
                                 <command>set-keymap</command> or
                                 <command>set-x11-keymap</command> is
                                 invoked and this option is passed, then
                                 the keymap will not be converted from
                                 the console to X11, or X11 to console,
                                 respectively.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>

                         <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />

                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
                 </variablelist>

                 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>

                 <variablelist>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>status</command></term>

                                 <listitem><para>Show current settings
                                 of the system locale and keyboard
                                 mapping.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>

                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>set-locale LOCALE...</command></term>

                                 <listitem><para>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
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 for details on the available settings
                                 and their meanings. Use
                                 <command>list-locales</command> for a
                                 list of available locales (see below).
                                 </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>

                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>list-locales</command></term>

                                 <listitem><para>List available locales
                                 useful for configuration with
                                 <command>set-locale</command>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>

                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>set-keymap MAP [TOGGLEMAP]</command></term>

                                 <listitem><para>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
                                 <option>--no-convert</option> 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
                                 <command>list-keymaps</command> for a
                                 list of available keyboard mappings
                                 (see below).</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>

                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>list-keymaps</command></term>

                                 <listitem><para>List available
                                 keyboard mappings for the console,
                                 useful for configuration with
                                 <command>set-keymap</command>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>

                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL] [VARIANT] [OPTIONS]</command></term>

                                 <listitem><para>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
                                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                                 for details. Unless
                                 <option>--no-convert</option> is
                                 passed, the selected setting is also
                                 applied to the system console keyboard
                                 mapping, after converting it to the
                                 closest matching console keyboard
                                 mapping.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>

                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><command>list-x11-keymap-models</command></term>
                                 <term><command>list-x11-keymap-layouts</command></term>
                                 <term><command>list-x11-keymap-variants [LAYOUT]</command></term>
                                 <term><command>list-x11-keymap-options</command></term>

                                 <listitem><para>List available X11
                                 keymap models, layouts, variants and
                                 options, useful for configuration with
                                 <command>set-keymap</command>. The
                                 command
                                 <command>list-x11-keymap-variants</command>
                                 optionally takes a layout parameter to
                                 limit the output to the variants
                                 suitable for the specific
                                 layout.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>

         </refsect1>

         <refsect1>
                 <title>Exit status</title>

                 <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
                 code otherwise.</para>
         </refsect1>

         <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" />

         <refsect1>
                 <title>See Also</title>
                 <para>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <ulink url="http://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/xorg-docs/input/XKB-Config.html">
                           The XKB Configuration Guide
                         </ulink>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 </para>
         </refsect1>

 </refentry>
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	Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering

	systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
	under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
	the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
	(at your option) any later version.

	systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
	WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
	Lesser General Public License for more details.

	You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
	along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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	<refentry id="localectl" conditional='ENABLE_LOCALED'
	xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">

	<refentryinfo>
	<title>localectl</title>
	<productname>systemd</productname>

	<authorgroup>
	<author>
	<contrib>Developer</contrib>
	<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
	<surname>Poettering</surname>
	<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
	</author>
	</authorgroup>
	</refentryinfo>

	<refmeta>
	<refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
	</refmeta>

	<refnamediv>
	<refname>localectl</refname>
	<refpurpose>Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings</refpurpose>
	</refnamediv>

	<refsynopsisdiv>
	<cmdsynopsis>
	<command>localectl</command>
	<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
	<arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
	</cmdsynopsis>
	</refsynopsisdiv>

	<refsect1>
	<title>Description</title>

	<para><command>localectl</command> may be used to
	query and change the system locale and keyboard layout
	settings.</para>

	<para>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.</para>

	<para>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.</para>

	<para>Use
	<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
	to initialize the system locale for mounted (but not
	booted) system images.</para>
	</refsect1>

	<refsect1>
	<title>Options</title>

	<para>The following options are understood:</para>

	<variablelist>
	<varlistentry>
	<term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>

	<listitem><para>Do not query the user
	for authentication for privileged
	operations.</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
	<term><option>--no-convert</option></term>

	<listitem><para>If
	<command>set-keymap</command> or
	<command>set-x11-keymap</command> is
	invoked and this option is passed, then
	the keymap will not be converted from
	the console to X11, or X11 to console,
	respectively.</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />

	<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
	<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
	<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
	</variablelist>

	<para>The following commands are understood:</para>

	<variablelist>
	<varlistentry>
	<term><command>status</command></term>

	<listitem><para>Show current settings
	of the system locale and keyboard
	mapping.</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
	<term><command>set-locale LOCALE...</command></term>

	<listitem><para>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
	<citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
	for details on the available settings
	and their meanings. Use
	<command>list-locales</command> for a
	list of available locales (see below).
	</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
	<term><command>list-locales</command></term>

	<listitem><para>List available locales
	useful for configuration with
	<command>set-locale</command>.</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
	<term><command>set-keymap MAP [TOGGLEMAP]</command></term>

	<listitem><para>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
	<option>--no-convert</option> 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
	<command>list-keymaps</command> for a
	list of available keyboard mappings
	(see below).</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
	<term><command>list-keymaps</command></term>

	<listitem><para>List available
	keyboard mappings for the console,
	useful for configuration with
	<command>set-keymap</command>.</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
	<term><command>set-x11-keymap LAYOUT [MODEL] [VARIANT] [OPTIONS]</command></term>

	<listitem><para>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
	<citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>
	for details. Unless
	<option>--no-convert</option> is
	passed, the selected setting is also
	applied to the system console keyboard
	mapping, after converting it to the
	closest matching console keyboard
	mapping.</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
	<term><command>list-x11-keymap-models</command></term>
	<term><command>list-x11-keymap-layouts</command></term>
	<term><command>list-x11-keymap-variants [LAYOUT]</command></term>
	<term><command>list-x11-keymap-options</command></term>

	<listitem><para>List available X11
	keymap models, layouts, variants and
	options, useful for configuration with
	<command>set-keymap</command>. The
	command
	<command>list-x11-keymap-variants</command>
	optionally takes a layout parameter to
	limit the output to the variants
	suitable for the specific
	layout.</para></listitem>
	</varlistentry>
	</variablelist>

	</refsect1>

	<refsect1>
	<title>Exit status</title>

	<para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
	code otherwise.</para>
	</refsect1>

	<xi:include href="less-variables.xml" />

	<refsect1>
	<title>See Also</title>
	<para>
	<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
	<citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
	<citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
	<citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
	<citerefentry><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
	<citerefentry><refentrytitle>kbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
	<ulink url="http://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/xorg-docs/input/XKB-Config.html">
	The XKB Configuration Guide
	</ulink>,
	<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
	<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
	<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
	</para>
	</refsect1>

	</refentry>