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install locales inside a docker image
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| FROM debian | |
| RUN apt-get update && \ | |
| apt-get install -y \ | |
| locales && \ | |
| rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists/* | |
| RUN sed -i -e 's/# en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen && \ | |
| sed -i -e 's/# de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8/de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen && \ | |
| dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=noninteractive locales |
Works as expected! Thanks for sharing.
thanks from me too, after one hour of struggling with docker
And how do I do that on an almalinux10-minimal image?
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And how do I do that on an almalinux10-minimal image?
If you ask AI, this is the output:
# Use AlmaLinux 10 minimal as the base image
FROM almalinux:10-minimal
# Install the desired language pack
# 'dnf' is available in the minimal image to manage packages
RUN dnf install -y glibc-langpack-en && \
dnf clean all
# Set environment variables to define the locale
ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ENV LANGUAGE=en_US:en
ENV LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
# (Optional) Verify the locale setting
RUN localeI do not use almalinux, please research on your own.
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thanks!