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How to install and change locale in Solaris 11

21 Mar 2016 2 minute read 2506 visits.

In a default installation of Oracle Solaris 11, ten Core Locales are available. You can add support for additional locales using the pkg command.

23 Nov 2015 1 minute read 1072 visits.

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.

12 Aug 2008 1 minute read 3333 visits.

A locale is a collection of files, data and sometimes code which contain the necessary information to adapt Solaris to a specific language.