Changing the default Solaris 11 locale
In Solaris 10 you had to edit the /etc/default/init file to chance the default locale, now with Solaris 11 it is defined in SMF.
In Solaris 10 you had to edit the /etc/default/init file to chance the default locale, now with Solaris 11 it is defined in SMF.
A locale is a collection of files, data and sometimes code which contain the necessary information to adapt Solaris to a specific language.
In a default installation of Oracle Solaris 11, ten Core Locales are available. You can add support for additional locales using the pkg command.