localectl Command Examples

Control the system locale and keyboard layout settings. More information: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/localectl.html.

• Show the current settings of the system locale and keyboard mapping:

localectl

• List available locales:

localectl list-locales

• Set a system locale variable:

localectl set-locale {{LANG}}={{en_US.UTF-8}}

• List available keymaps:

localectl list-keymaps

• Set the system keyboard mapping for the console and X11:

localectl set-keymap {{us}}