How to Install and Uninstall locales Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 17,2024

You can also install and uninstall the locales on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "locales" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install locales on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall locales on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: locales
Architecture: all
Version: 2.35-0ubuntu3.6
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: 17068
Depends: libc-bin (>> 2.35), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/locales_2.35-0ubuntu3.6_all.deb
Size: 4248522
MD5sum: 66ee9d0a5e9f6736f1750880f11b0395
SHA1: 0750252a37f0e3b9a6b574f75c3729304ea9e2b6
SHA256: fbf568193348bcee926a5bd47df7c3ad74fb9e04538ef9b03792af3b90e29ce4
SHA512: 3d9ea3f7c4a3e6f1ea02e2ff5629b045bc75af4231eeddc2f2f98b50470e1d1c1a9568577ba4d17f2bc0a0ed4da56a22f2f8cf3649912a6982a8187eab58d6e2
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: 2.35-0ubuntu3
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: 17064
Depends: libc-bin (>> 2.35), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/locales_2.35-0ubuntu3_all.deb
Size: 4249078
MD5sum: 99e2779dfb0643e627ca385d8546b46c
SHA1: 3bf3c4c3d19ef45ae7339989e51ddeb143a9e908
SHA256: 165c511af343c880e96f75f3bab4bac0857785a72263711be771427cb339691d
SHA512: 6637f840ccf9e6167908ae9647e51aad3602eb34f6a29638fbec9a8467589b0add6e99382d5e63da1e4841f3fc82dc58cd802cc63e7ca582259f6fce3ca62892
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