How To Install glibc-langpack-zh on CentOS 8

glibc-langpack-zh is Locale data for zh

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-langpack-zh on CentOS 8.

What is glibc-langpack-zh

The glibc-langpack-zh package includes the basic information required to support the zh language in your applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install glibc-langpack-zh on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glibc-langpack-zh.

Install glibc-langpack-zh on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install glibc-langpack-zh using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glibc-langpack-zh

Install glibc-langpack-zh on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install glibc-langpack-zh using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glibc-langpack-zh

How To Uninstall glibc-langpack-zh on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the glibc-langpack-zh package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove glibc-langpack-zh

glibc-langpack-zh Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/locale
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gb18030
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gb18030/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gb18030/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gb18030/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gb18030/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gb18030/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gb18030/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gb18030/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gb18030/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gb18030/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gb18030/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gb18030/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gb18030/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gb18030/LC_TIME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gbk
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gbk/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gbk/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gbk/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gbk/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gbk/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gbk/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gbk/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gbk/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gbk/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gbk/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gbk/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gbk/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.gbk/LC_TIME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.utf8
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.utf8/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.utf8/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.utf8/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.utf8/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.utf8/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.utf8/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.utf8/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.utf8/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN.utf8/LC_TIME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_CN/LC_TIME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK.utf8
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK.utf8/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK.utf8/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK.utf8/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK.utf8/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK.utf8/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK.utf8/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK.utf8/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK.utf8/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK.utf8/LC_TIME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_HK/LC_TIME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.gbk
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.gbk/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.gbk/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.gbk/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.gbk/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.gbk/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.gbk/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.gbk/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.gbk/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.gbk/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.gbk/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.gbk/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.gbk/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.gbk/LC_TIME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.utf8
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.utf8/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.utf8/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.utf8/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.utf8/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.utf8/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.utf8/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.utf8/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.utf8/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG.utf8/LC_TIME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_SG/LC_TIME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.euctw
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.euctw/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.euctw/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.euctw/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.euctw/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.euctw/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.euctw/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.euctw/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.euctw/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.euctw/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.euctw/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.euctw/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.euctw/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.euctw/LC_TIME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.utf8
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.utf8/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.utf8/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.utf8/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.utf8/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.utf8/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.utf8/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.utf8/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.utf8/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW.utf8/LC_TIME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/zh_TW/LC_TIME
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-langpack-zh on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.