How to set a language's default locale

Charlotte altronic25 at protonmail.com
Sat Apr 11 12:40:45 BST 2026


Hi there,

Does anyone know how KDE decides which locale to use when a specific translation is loaded? Currently, when trying to load the language "Gaeilge" (ga), KDE is trying to use the "ga_IE.UTF-8 at euro" locale by default in `~/.config/plasma-localerc`, which doesn't exist in glibc. Due to this, a lot of programs don't work or produce errors when trying to run a system in the language.

Any info on where I can set/change the locale that it will use for the language would be a massive help. I've tried looking through certain config files on the SVN server but didn't find anything about how to set it.

Thanks,
Charlotte

The full plasma-localerc that KDE creates is:

[Formats]
LANG=ga_IE.UTF-8 at euro
LC_ADDRESS=ga_IE.UTF-8 at euro
LC_MEASUREMENT=ga_IE.UTF-8 at euro
LC_MONETARY=ga_IE.UTF-8 at euro
LC_NAME=ga_IE.UTF-8 at euro
LC_NUMERIC=ga_IE.UTF-8 at euro
LC_PAPER=ga_IE.UTF-8 at euro
LC_TELEPHONE=ga_IE.UTF-8 at euro
LC_TIME=ga_IE.UTF-8 at euro

[Translations]
LANGUAGE=ga



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