How to Install and Uninstall locales Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "locales" package

This is a short guide on how to install locales on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                locales
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "locales" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall locales on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                locales
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the locales package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: locales
Architecture: all
Version: 2.39-0ubuntu2
Priority: important
Section: libs
Source: glibc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 16712
Depends: libc-bin (>> 2.39), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/locales_2.39-0ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 4230202
MD5sum: d4c92257f94abb9087ef33c8fbfae350
SHA1: fd27457775aa291e1926c4a3d0f83cbaae1feabf
SHA256: 6f61300626ea10d60c60c0fd64b9a2b40cbab30ae05f6a3c61c56fff0186ee97
SHA512: bfb9e406111370a92c8972176fa4cc1a64ce7b18ed95577eceb391756b9789cda5ee17e62698422fe35e1397dccf48c4acaf09aefa9499bcf40ecc4b7398136b
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description: GNU C Library: National Language (locale) data [support]
Description-md5: 68ccf846a4935e541c4a717fc0a1f3e3
Task: minimal
Original-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc
Original-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/glibc-team/glibc.git