locales

Set locales on Debian-like systems.

Requirements

None

Variables

• locales_present [default: [en_US.UTF-8]]:
• locales_language_packs_present [default: [language-pack-en, language-pack-en-base]]:
• locales_absent [default: []]:
• locales_language_packs_absent [default: []]:
• locales_default:
  • lang [default: [en_US.UTF-8]]: Provides default value for LC_* variables that have not been explicitly set
  • language [optional]: Same as above? But with higher priority, see
  • lc_address [optional]: How addresses are formatted (country first or last, where zip code goes etc.)
  • lc_all [optional]: Overrides individual LC_* settings: if LC_ALL is set, none of the below have any effect
  • lc_collate [optional]: How strings (file names...) are alphabetically sorted. Using the "C" or "POSIX" locale here results in a strcmp()-like sort order, which may be preferable to language-specific locales
  • lc_ctype [optional]: How characters are classified as letters, numbers etc. This determines things like how characters are converted between upper and lower case
  • lc_identification [optional]: Metadata about the locale information
  • lc_measurement [optional]: What units of measurement are used (feet, meters, pounds, kilos etc.)
  • lc_messages [optional]: What language should be used for system messages
  • lc_monetary [optional]: What currency you use, its name, and its symbol
  • lc_name [optional]: How names are represented (surname first or last, etc.)
  • lc_numeric [optional]: How you format your numbers. For example, in many countries a period (.) is used as a decimal separator, while others use a comma (,)
  • lc_paper [optional]: Paper sizes: 11 x 17 inches, A4, etc
  • lc_response [optional]: Determines how responses (such as Yes and No) appear in the local language
  • lc_telephone [optional]: What your telephone numbers look like
  • lc_time [optional]: How your time and date are formatted. Use for example "en_DK.UTF-8" to get a 24-hour-clock in some programs

Dependencies

None

Example

---
- hosts: all
  roles:
    - locales

License

MIT

Author Information

Mischa ter Smitten (based on work of knopki and nickjj)

Feedback, bug-reports, requests, ...

Are welcome!