Setting the LANG environment variable for xfce
I am on a multi user Debian Stretch system which has en_US.UTF-8 as default locale, but I want de_DE.UTF-8 for my user. I was able to set it for terminals, by adding export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 to ~/.bashrc.
The problem is that my X environment (with XFCE as window manager and lightdm as login manager) still uses the default locale, which isn't a surprise as .bashrc is just for bash. So I tried setting the variable in various other files:
~/.xinitrc
This file doesn't seem to get executed at all.
~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc
Setting the variable here didn't work either (no observed change in behaviour). Also, if I switch the window manager, I need to set it for the new one again, which isn't very appealing.
~/.xsession
Setting the variable here presumably works, but I would also need to start the window manager here, so I'm hoping to find a better place.
~/.pam_environment
Seems to be ignored on Debian
~/.xsessionrc
Setting environment variables here actually seems to work, but it looks like LANG is set to en_US.UTF-8 later in the startup process.
~/.i18n
Setting a language here doesn't seem to work.
It seems like all these aren't the right place to set the LANG variable. Where should I set it, to get the desired result?
debian environment-variables xfce desktop-environment locale
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I am on a multi user Debian Stretch system which has en_US.UTF-8 as default locale, but I want de_DE.UTF-8 for my user. I was able to set it for terminals, by adding export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 to ~/.bashrc.
The problem is that my X environment (with XFCE as window manager and lightdm as login manager) still uses the default locale, which isn't a surprise as .bashrc is just for bash. So I tried setting the variable in various other files:
~/.xinitrc
This file doesn't seem to get executed at all.
~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc
Setting the variable here didn't work either (no observed change in behaviour). Also, if I switch the window manager, I need to set it for the new one again, which isn't very appealing.
~/.xsession
Setting the variable here presumably works, but I would also need to start the window manager here, so I'm hoping to find a better place.
~/.pam_environment
Seems to be ignored on Debian
~/.xsessionrc
Setting environment variables here actually seems to work, but it looks like LANG is set to en_US.UTF-8 later in the startup process.
~/.i18n
Setting a language here doesn't seem to work.
It seems like all these aren't the right place to set the LANG variable. Where should I set it, to get the desired result?
debian environment-variables xfce desktop-environment locale
asked Feb 5 '16 at 18:02
KritzefitzKritzefitz
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~/.pam_environmentis read by default on Debian. Did you writeLANG=de_DE.UTF-8orexport LANG=de_DE.UTF-8?exportis wrong there, this isn't a shell script, just a list ofVARIABLE=valuelines.
– Gilles
Feb 6 '16 at 21:41
I wroteLANG=de_DE.UTF-8. I also triedTEST=somethingto be sure thatLANGisn't overwritten somewhere else. However, ITESTwasn't set on either physical or X terminals.
– Kritzefitz
Feb 7 '16 at 16:36
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I am on a multi user Debian Stretch system which has en_US.UTF-8 as default locale, but I want de_DE.UTF-8 for my user. I was able to set it for terminals, by adding export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 to ~/.bashrc.
The problem is that my X environment (with XFCE as window manager and lightdm as login manager) still uses the default locale, which isn't a surprise as .bashrc is just for bash. So I tried setting the variable in various other files:
~/.xinitrc
This file doesn't seem to get executed at all.
~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc
Setting the variable here didn't work either (no observed change in behaviour). Also, if I switch the window manager, I need to set it for the new one again, which isn't very appealing.
~/.xsession
Setting the variable here presumably works, but I would also need to start the window manager here, so I'm hoping to find a better place.
~/.pam_environment
Seems to be ignored on Debian
~/.xsessionrc
Setting environment variables here actually seems to work, but it looks like LANG is set to en_US.UTF-8 later in the startup process.
~/.i18n
Setting a language here doesn't seem to work.
It seems like all these aren't the right place to set the LANG variable. Where should I set it, to get the desired result?
debian environment-variables xfce desktop-environment locale
asked Feb 5 '16 at 18:02
KritzefitzKritzefitz
3542719
I am on a multi user Debian Stretch system which has en_US.UTF-8 as default locale, but I want de_DE.UTF-8 for my user. I was able to set it for terminals, by adding export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 to ~/.bashrc.
The problem is that my X environment (with XFCE as window manager and lightdm as login manager) still uses the default locale, which isn't a surprise as .bashrc is just for bash. So I tried setting the variable in various other files:
~/.xinitrc
This file doesn't seem to get executed at all.
~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc
Setting the variable here didn't work either (no observed change in behaviour). Also, if I switch the window manager, I need to set it for the new one again, which isn't very appealing.
~/.xsession
Setting the variable here presumably works, but I would also need to start the window manager here, so I'm hoping to find a better place.
~/.pam_environment
Seems to be ignored on Debian
~/.xsessionrc
Setting environment variables here actually seems to work, but it looks like LANG is set to en_US.UTF-8 later in the startup process.
~/.i18n
Setting a language here doesn't seem to work.
It seems like all these aren't the right place to set the LANG variable. Where should I set it, to get the desired result?
debian environment-variables xfce desktop-environment locale
debian environment-variables xfce desktop-environment locale
asked Feb 5 '16 at 18:02
KritzefitzKritzefitz
3542719
asked Feb 5 '16 at 18:02
KritzefitzKritzefitz
3542719
asked Feb 5 '16 at 18:02
KritzefitzKritzefitz
3542719
asked Feb 5 '16 at 18:02
KritzefitzKritzefitz
3542719
asked Feb 5 '16 at 18:02
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~/.pam_environmentis read by default on Debian. Did you writeLANG=de_DE.UTF-8orexport LANG=de_DE.UTF-8?exportis wrong there, this isn't a shell script, just a list ofVARIABLE=valuelines.
– Gilles
Feb 6 '16 at 21:41
I wroteLANG=de_DE.UTF-8. I also triedTEST=somethingto be sure thatLANGisn't overwritten somewhere else. However, ITESTwasn't set on either physical or X terminals.
– Kritzefitz
Feb 7 '16 at 16:36
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~/.pam_environmentis read by default on Debian. Did you writeLANG=de_DE.UTF-8orexport LANG=de_DE.UTF-8?exportis wrong there, this isn't a shell script, just a list ofVARIABLE=valuelines.
– Gilles
Feb 6 '16 at 21:41
I wroteLANG=de_DE.UTF-8. I also triedTEST=somethingto be sure thatLANGisn't overwritten somewhere else. However, ITESTwasn't set on either physical or X terminals.
– Kritzefitz
Feb 7 '16 at 16:36
~/.pam_environment is read by default on Debian. Did you write LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 or export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8? export is wrong there, this isn't a shell script, just a list of VARIABLE=value lines.– Gilles
Feb 6 '16 at 21:41
~/.pam_environment is read by default on Debian. Did you write LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 or export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8? export is wrong there, this isn't a shell script, just a list of VARIABLE=value lines.– Gilles
Feb 6 '16 at 21:41
I wrote
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8. I also tried TEST=something to be sure that LANG isn't overwritten somewhere else. However, I TEST wasn't set on either physical or X terminals.– Kritzefitz
Feb 7 '16 at 16:36
I wrote
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8. I also tried TEST=something to be sure that LANG isn't overwritten somewhere else. However, I TEST wasn't set on either physical or X terminals.– Kritzefitz
Feb 7 '16 at 16:36
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I had the same problem that the language is not correctly set by lightdm (see this bug).
Adding the LANG exports to both .bashrc and .xsessionrc did the trick for me. I export to LANG, LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to be sure.
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I had the same problem that the language is not correctly set by lightdm (see this bug).
Adding the LANG exports to both .bashrc and .xsessionrc did the trick for me. I export to LANG, LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to be sure.
edited Jan 19 '18 at 13:00
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answered Jan 19 '18 at 10:30
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I had the same problem that the language is not correctly set by lightdm (see this bug).
Adding the LANG exports to both .bashrc and .xsessionrc did the trick for me. I export to LANG, LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to be sure.
edited Jan 19 '18 at 13:00
Pierre.Vriens
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answered Jan 19 '18 at 10:30
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I had the same problem that the language is not correctly set by lightdm (see this bug).
Adding the LANG exports to both .bashrc and .xsessionrc did the trick for me. I export to LANG, LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to be sure.
edited Jan 19 '18 at 13:00
Pierre.Vriens
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answered Jan 19 '18 at 10:30
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I had the same problem that the language is not correctly set by lightdm (see this bug).
Adding the LANG exports to both .bashrc and .xsessionrc did the trick for me. I export to LANG, LANGUAGE and LC_ALL to be sure.
edited Jan 19 '18 at 13:00
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answered Jan 19 '18 at 10:30
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~/.pam_environmentis read by default on Debian. Did you writeLANG=de_DE.UTF-8orexport LANG=de_DE.UTF-8?exportis wrong there, this isn't a shell script, just a list ofVARIABLE=valuelines.– Gilles
Feb 6 '16 at 21:41
I wrote
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8. I also triedTEST=somethingto be sure thatLANGisn't overwritten somewhere else. However, ITESTwasn't set on either physical or X terminals.– Kritzefitz
Feb 7 '16 at 16:36