Question re: man page languages & locales

manx · 2008-09-28 02:39:59

Looking thru my /usr/share/man & /usr/share/locale filesystems, i have numerous files and directories containing virtually every language in existance, and i only need English support. Are these really necessary and if not, why does Arch/DE's install them in the first place? I have tried out KDE & XFCE on a virgin install of Arch, so these would be the main culprits.

TIA

Allan · 2008-09-28 02:52:38

They may not be necessary to you but they will be necessary to people who don't use English for their locale.

manx · 2008-09-28 04:12:06

Thanks for the reply. So, even if i'm the only user i still have all these language directories and files installed by default? Why do we go thru the locale setup during install if this is the case? Just curious.

Last edited by manx (2008-09-28 04:15:54)

Allan · 2008-09-28 04:30:56

The locale setup just tells the system which on of the files to use. It has no effect on which files get installed.

RobertoVanto · 2008-09-28 07:40:48

localepurge: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11975

manx · 2008-09-28 17:32:12

RobertoVanto wrote:

localepurge: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11975

Thanks for this.

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Question re: man page languages & locales

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