polish locale for ubuntu terminals

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I’d like to describe how simple way to configure polish characters/locale inside terminal.

  • open terminal
  • generate /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local from /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED:

    • cat /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED | grep "en\|pl" > /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local

    This example shows all polish and english localization. You can find appropriate inside /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED file. If you choose add them to list.

  • generate all localizations

    • dpkg-reconfigure locales

  • choose your locale:

    • update-locale LANG=pl_PL.ISO-8859-2

    In this step you choose langauge of your system and terminal.

  • You can check variables by writing:

    • locale

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