When we’re ready to change our operating system, we’re used to the previous system where the system was generally good enough for our needs, as far as languages were concerned; so much that we didn’t even think about it. The typing keyboard is the most involved in this part of the languagesince it is the text input mechanism, this is configured according to our needs.
when In this case, we enter a new operating system, Linux, once we go into the configuration, it gives us the option to modify the language, by default it is English. But if for some reason we ignore this and we realize that keyboards are different, in this article we will see how to make this change to our language; just sometimes, we don’t know how to do it in another language Put a question mark on the PC.
What languages are available on Linux?
these are some Basic characteristics of free software development, used to integrate volunteers; requires coverage of a large number of languages to be included. It is good ideas come from all over the world, which is why Ubuntu is multilingual for the convenience of all users and programmers.
Ubuntu Enjoy over 130 available languages, configured to suit everyone, all for the use of the system. Also, if you don’t get any you can add it from its official page; it’s important to know this in Ubuntu, because if you’re a collaborator, you’ll need to type a backslash on your keyboard to perform programming tasks, and if the language Change, the input method will also change.
What command should you use to access language settings in Linux?
To access the language configuration in Linux from the terminal, we have to enter the command «locale or localectl».This shows us the regional locale Installed, now to see all available «locales» we enter «locale -a» and we proceed to update it «update locale».
To determine the language, we enter the following command«Update locale LANG=es_ES.UTF-8 LANGUAGE» So we’ve built the language, and we have to set out to build the language into the operating system and be accepted. To do this we enter «sudo nano /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local» and a wizard will open where we have to select the option «es_ES.UTF-8». This way, just restart the system for the changes to take effect. This way we can change the language of the system.
How to change the Linux keyboard language?
To change the keyboard language from the Linux terminal, you must enter the following command «sudo dpkg -reconfigure keyboard configuration»now an assistant will appear, in this we will have a list of keyboard models, here we choose ours, we give it «OK» and we proceed to change the language.
we passed From English to Spanish by selecting «Spanish» In the list that appears we choose the first option «Spanish» after this, in the next two windows we leave everything as it is, and finally we accept and proceed to reboot the system in order to make the language change .
if you have Ubuntu/Debian
If we have to and we want to change the language of the keyboard, we can use a configuration, the first thing to do is to type Settings > Region and Language > Here we can see that the input source is English, we select the «+» sign then the three vertical dots sign, now click on the «Other» option.
In this section we look for the language «Spanish» in this case and add it, when it’s already added we see it appear at the bottom of the current language, To make it the default language, we put it firstor you can delete other languages and we restart to make the full change.
Using KaliLinux
If the Kali Linux operating system is what your computer has, to change the language we will be in the upper left corner of the blue dragon, then we will go to the Settings Manager.
Now a window will open and we will place the symbol «Keyboard», here we click the «Distribution» tab and then «Add» There will be a list of languages with keyboard types, we choose Spanish. Finally, we go ahead and position it first, make it the default, and it will be everything.