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The main language was selected during installation (see Section 1.4, “Language Selection”) and keyboard and time zone settings were adjusted. However, you can install additional languages on your system and determine which of the different languages installed should be taken as the default. Before installing additional languages, determine which of them should be activated after you install it. YaST knows two different language categories:
The primary language set in YaST applies to the entire system, including YaST and the desktop environment. This language is used whenever available unless you manually specify another language.
Secondary languages are languages selected manually for a specific situation. For example, use a secondary language to start an application in a certain language, for example, to do word processing in this language.
To install an additional language, proceed as follows:
As root, start YaST.
Select +.
Select the desired languages from the list of languages offered in . When you leave this dialog with , YaST installs the additional localized software packages. The system is multilingual, but you need to set the desired language explicitly to start an application in a language other than the primary one.
To make this language the default (the primary language), select it under :
Adapt the keyboard to the new primary language and adjust the time zone, if appropriate.
Select to change language settings
specific to root and to determine the exact
locale:
ctype only adjusts the
LC_TYPE variable in
/etc/sysconfig/language for
root, which sets the localization for language-specific
function calls. yes sets the language for
root to
the same as the language for local users. no means
the language settings for root are not affected by language
changes. All locale values remain
unset.
If your locale was not included in the list of primary languages available, try explicitly specifying it here. However, some of these localizations may be incomplete.
Leave this dialog and apply your settings with .
