How can I read man pages in my native language?
Solution 1:
- Install the package named
language-pack-<two letter language code>
e.g.sudo apt-get install language-pack-es
for Spanish - Install the package named
manpages-<two letter language code>
e.g.apt-get install manpages-es
for Spanish man pages. - Set your
LANG
environment variable to<language>_<country>.<encoding>
,
e.g.LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
- Run
man
List of language codes.
Solution 2:
First part of question already answered. This will answer second part of question.
Look at this page and locate you language and open the page for your language team from the link.
https://translations.launchpad.net/+groups/ubuntu-translators
If your language is not in the list refer https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/KnowledgeBase/StartingTeam on how to start one team
These are translated by community of translation volunteers.