How do I get the "locale" command?

How do I get the "locale" command?

[Luis Felipe]

Hi,

The GNU C library documentation mentions this "locale" program that I'd like to use (https://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/Manuals/glibc-2.2.3/html_chapter/libc_toc.html#TOC112), but I can't seem to find the package [output] that provides it...


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Luis Felipe López Acevedo
https://luis-felipe.gitlab.io/

Re: How do I get the "locale" command?

[Guillaume Le Vaillant]

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Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la@protonmail.com> skribis:

> Hi,
>
> The GNU C library documentation mentions this "locale" program that I'd like to use (https://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/Manuals/glibc-2.2.3/html_chapter/libc_toc.html#TOC112), but I can't seem to find the package [output] that provides it...
>
>
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> Luis Felipe López Acevedo
> https://luis-felipe.gitlab.io/

Hi,

There's a "locale" program in the glibc package.

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix build glibc
/gnu/store/k3dv964sg3n9ls8h28js1q93m6k2p25v-glibc-2.31-debug
/gnu/store/gkz044xyi5gmknn5pcdhcviq153w90lf-glibc-2.31
/gnu/store/hjgmcx7pxiwv62f1hv4cfqsajy7cqs54-glibc-2.31-static

$ ls -l /gnu/store/gkz044xyi5gmknn5pcdhcviq153w90lf-glibc-2.31/bin/
total 676
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root root   3401 1970-01-01 01:00 catchsegv
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root root  31864 1970-01-01 01:00 gencat
-r-xr-xr-x 5 root root  29856 1970-01-01 01:00 getconf
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root root  40000 1970-01-01 01:00 getent
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root root  65856 1970-01-01 01:00 iconv
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root root   5714 1970-01-01 01:00 ldd
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root root  55240 1970-01-01 01:00 locale
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root root 296432 1970-01-01 01:00 localedef
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root root  28480 1970-01-01 01:00 makedb
-r-xr-xr-x 3 root root   6441 1970-01-01 01:00 mtrace
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root root  17792 1970-01-01 01:00 pcprofiledump
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root root  22880 1970-01-01 01:00 pldd
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root root   4440 1970-01-01 01:00 sotruss
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root root  32456 1970-01-01 01:00 sprof
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root root  15460 1970-01-01 01:00 tzselect
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root root   5458 1970-01-01 01:00 xtrace
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I think the gcc-toolchain package also includes links to these programs.
So installing glibc or gcc-toolchain should make the "locale" program
available.

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Re: How do I get the "locale" command?

[Luis Felipe]

On Sunday, April 4, 2021 7:40 AM, Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv@posteo.net> wrote:

> Luis Felipe luis.felipe.la@protonmail.com skribis:
>
> > Hi,
> > The GNU C library documentation mentions this "locale" program that I'd like to use (https://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/Manuals/glibc-2.2.3/html_chapter/libc_toc.html#TOC112), but I can't seem to find the package [output] that provides it...

[...]

> So installing glibc or gcc-toolchain should make the "locale" program
> available.

Thanks, Guillaume, I went with gcc-toolchain, and it works now.

I didn't tried glibc because I use Guix System and, from the description of the package, I assumed it should be already installed.

Re: How do I get the "locale" command?

[Julien Lepiller]

It's "installed" in the sense that it's used by almost every package, but it's not explicitely part of your profile. Dependencies are installed to the store, but not explicitely accessible unless you install them to your profile.

I hope it makes sense, and glad you found a solution!

Le 4 avril 2021 09:38:41 GMT-04:00, Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la@protonmail.com> a écrit :
>On Sunday, April 4, 2021 7:40 AM, Guillaume Le Vaillant
><glv@posteo.net> wrote:
>
>> Luis Felipe luis.felipe.la@protonmail.com skribis:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> > The GNU C library documentation mentions this "locale" program that
>I'd like to use
>(https://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/Manuals/glibc-2.2.3/html_chapter/libc_toc.html#TOC112),
>but I can't seem to find the package [output] that provides it...
>
>[...]
>
>> So installing glibc or gcc-toolchain should make the "locale" program
>> available.
>
>Thanks, Guillaume, I went with gcc-toolchain, and it works now.
>
>I didn't tried glibc because I use Guix System and, from the
>description of the package, I assumed it should be already installed.