systemd-localed.service

systemd
systemd-localed.service 8
systemd-localed.service systemd-localed Locale bus mechanism

`systemd-localed.service`

`/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-localed`

## Description

`systemd-localed` is a system service that may be used as mechanism to change the system locale settings, as well as the console key mapping and default X11 key mapping. `systemd-localed` is automatically activated on request and terminates itself when it is unused.

The tool localectl 1 is a command line client to this service.

See the developer documentation for information about the APIs `systemd-localed` provides.

## See Also

systemd 1, locale.conf 5, vconsole.conf 5, localectl 1, loadkeys 1