Ubuntu – way to have Debootstrap automatically configure locales

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I like to use Debootstrap for making sparse systems (usually a base for something embedded) or paravirtualized Xen guests.

I'm familiar with how to tell Debootstrap what packages I want beyond the typical minimal base, but I have yet to find the right combination of tools to let me specify and auto generate locales after the base system has been installed.

Do I need to do this in my own scripts, or is there a way to tell Debootstrap what locales I want and have it just generate them?

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I would suggest using grml-debootstrap. This is a wrapper script around debootstrap and comes from the grml live cd. This script has a file /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen where you can put your locales and they are generated at the right time. grml-debootstrap also has lots of more advantages and its worth to look at.

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Ubuntu – quick way to enter uppercase accented characters

Looks like I should have done my homework.

Plenty of informationon the ubuntu wiki. In my specific case probably the quickest way is Unicode composition since combinations with the acute accent are kind of difficult, the acute accent being an alt-gr combination itself in the italian keyboard layout.

Update: the simplest answer I found is to just turn on Caps Lock. When caps lock is on every accented character you enter is automagically uppercased.

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The /etc/default/locale file is loaded by PAM; see /etc/pam.d/login for example. However, PAM is not invoked when running a command in a Docker container. To configure the locale, simply set the relevant environment variable in your Dockerfile. Example:

FROM ubuntu:trusty
ENV LANG en_US.UTF-8
CMD ["/bin/bash"]

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