How to install language support for Ubuntu

How to install language support for Ubutnu:

If you want to add additional locales on your Ubuntu installation, check this out!  Go to the locales folder:

$ cd /usr/share/locales

In that directory is a script to add a new locale or language pack.  If you want to find out which language pack to install you can look at the /etc/locale.alias file.  To install, for examples,  Italian language support on Ubuntu, just run this command:

$ ./install-language-pack it_IT

Followed by:

$ dpkg-reconfigure locales

That’s it! Repeat these steps for any other locale you need.

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