Chapter 22. Changing basic environment settings

Procedure

1. To list available keymaps:

   $ localectl list-keymaps

   ANSI-dvorak
   al
   al-plisi
   amiga-de
   de
   de-nodeadkeys
   ...

2. Optional: Display the current keymap settings:

   $ localectl status

   ...
   VC Keymap: us
   ...

3. Change the system keymap, for example:

   # localectl set-keymap de-nodeadkeys

   For more information, see the localectl(1), locale(7), and locale.conf(5) man pages on your system.

Procedure

1. Optional: List the timezones:

   # timedatectl list-timezones

     Europe/Berlin

2. Set the time zone:

   # timedatectl set-timezone <time_zone>

3. Set the date and time:

   # timedatectl set-time <YYYY-mm-dd HH:MM-SS>

Verification

1. Display the date, time, and timezone:

   # date

   Mon May 5 09:11:55 CEST 2025

2. To see more details, use the timedatectl command:

   # timedatectl

    Local time: Mon 2025-05-05 09:11:55 CEST
              Universal time: Mon 2025-05-05 07:11:55 UTC
                    RTC time: Mon 2025-05-05 07:11:55
                   Time zone: Europe/Berlin (CEST, +0200)
   System clock synchronized: no
                 NTP service: inactive
             RTC in local TZ: no

   For more information, see the date(1) and timedatectl(1) man pages on your system.

Procedure

1. Optional: Display the current system locales settings:

   # localectl status

   System Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8
   	VC Keymap: de-nodeadkeys
      X11 Layout: de

2. List available system locale settings:

   $ localectl list-locales

   C.UTF-8
   ...
   en_US.UTF-8
   en_ZA.UTF-8
   en_ZW.UTF-8
   ...

3. Update the syste locale setting, for example::

   # localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8

   For more information, see the localectl(1), locale(7), and locale.conf(5) man pages on your system.