How To Install glibc-langpack-ga on CentOS 8

glibc-langpack-ga is Locale data for ga

Introduction

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

What is `glibc-langpack-ga`

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

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

Install glibc-langpack-ga 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-ga using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glibc-langpack-ga

Install glibc-langpack-ga 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-ga using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glibc-langpack-ga

How To Uninstall glibc-langpack-ga on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove glibc-langpack-ga

glibc-langpack-ga Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/locale
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE.utf8
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE.utf8/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE.utf8/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE.utf8/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE.utf8/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE.utf8/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE.utf8/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE.utf8/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE.utf8/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE.utf8/LC_TIME
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE/LC_TIME
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE@euro
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE@euro/LC_ADDRESS
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE@euro/LC_COLLATE
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE@euro/LC_CTYPE
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE@euro/LC_IDENTIFICATION
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE@euro/LC_MEASUREMENT
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE@euro/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE@euro/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE@euro/LC_MONETARY
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE@euro/LC_NAME
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE@euro/LC_NUMERIC
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE@euro/LC_PAPER
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE@euro/LC_TELEPHONE
/usr/lib/locale/ga_IE@euro/LC_TIME

References

glibc-langpack-ga website

Summary

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