How to Install and Uninstall locales Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "locales" package

Please follow the steps below to install locales on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: locales
Architecture: all
Version: 2.31-0ubuntu9.14
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: 17196
Depends: libc-bin (>> 2.31), 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_2.31-0ubuntu9.14_all.deb
Size: 3871016
MD5sum: 207829cf95453f0acb312a3239edaa14
SHA1: 39cedd6717cbf64d8463d254ee7cbecfe19299e8
SHA256: 47e09743536de9cb6584b19bf16a30951c9181c8901c45b5afa570160fdbc1cf
SHA512: a84e68b49962492e98fc57070a5e29808ecb60261ddc8f185f74eb8542d1e361e1f32f29ad8777966c3aaa99325ae81642b30f504cb817ea02a67e4e54821cc3
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

Package: locales
Architecture: all
Version: 2.31-0ubuntu9
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: 17196
Depends: libc-bin (>> 2.31), 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_2.31-0ubuntu9_all.deb
Size: 3869800
MD5sum: 6f80578c63cd65cc99ecc2d2d90b56f8
SHA1: 2df7cab444d32e587e16d9792ee48fd21207ab73
SHA256: 76fc6370a7fc1155bddf3a68752470500bd470ddc5bd1f544cb41748da23f60f
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Description: GNU C Library: National Language (locale) data [support]
Description-md5: 68ccf846a4935e541c4a717fc0a1f3e3
Task: minimal