How to Install and Uninstall locales Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "locales" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install locales on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall locales on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the locales package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: locales
Architecture: all
Version: 2.27-3ubuntu1.6
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: 14132
Depends: libc-bin (>> 2.27), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Breaks: libc-bin (<< 2.23)
Replaces: libc-bin (<< 2.23), manpages-fr-extra (<< 20141022)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/locales_2.27-3ubuntu1.6_all.deb
Size: 3612972
MD5sum: 887de5fbefb7899e009e970366bbe816
SHA1: 932dc10534d53f85757321fd5cb276fef507e6d5
SHA256: b58da92ae09d70621ca5959c55fff55d42561f8d22c47779db9bb484e4a9b2e5
SHA512: 7fa2dd32e91e7ee3a122f0868761b9628da69b42d4027a43a6077915003f0ae85ff20a88303ce26e0062920d5f5b03812fa4f00a01c1f86bec0502f56b073dba
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
Supported: 5y

Package: locales
Architecture: all
Version: 2.27-3ubuntu1.5
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: 14132
Depends: libc-bin (>> 2.27), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Breaks: libc-bin (<< 2.23)
Replaces: libc-bin (<< 2.23), manpages-fr-extra (<< 20141022)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/locales_2.27-3ubuntu1.5_all.deb
Size: 3613388
MD5sum: 4f640f910b2e4858f5d074cda7709b6a
SHA1: e28cd5f2b287e34f73419fcfb38dad26e790045f
SHA256: d34b91c9532f8ba47212a47b5aa59ed5100c8d2a09ad078f39bc645b97261ef1
SHA512: db1b40c88e26b5b4853871cbac243cdef5da77dee85fc84f9d2945872d7907e070fd4e87eb55ebce21177998dcb230e42d11d53eb811d3d4aa714ef74f631f4f
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
Supported: 5y

Package: locales
Architecture: all
Version: 2.27-3ubuntu1
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: 14128
Depends: libc-bin (>> 2.27), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Breaks: libc-bin (<< 2.23)
Replaces: libc-bin (<< 2.23), manpages-fr-extra (<< 20141022)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/locales_2.27-3ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 3611788
MD5sum: f3611a13553e954aa81b368d44f7e3f9
SHA1: 1ae8d017d5dda81988f7c67070a310d8718cd0cb
SHA256: 315d6ee1c21ca410dec962affd563528ee4bc1ec8b9fdab5755f74236658d374
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description: GNU C Library: National Language (locale) data [support]
Description-md5: 68ccf846a4935e541c4a717fc0a1f3e3
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y