> Hi, > > WHR <[email protected]> wrote (Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:40:47 +0800): >> When I installing this Debian GNU/Linux trixie system, I have selected 'Chinese (Traditional)' in the '[!!] Select a language' screen, which is the >> first step in the debian-installer, then in the next screen of selecting my >> location, I selected 'China'. After this point, the UI language of the installer completely switched to Simplified Chinese, and the final installed >> system has 'LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8', which is completely against my initial selection. > > I can reproduce this. > However, Chinese seems to be a corner case here. > > But I think there is a way, how you can get, what you want: > Could you try to start the installer in the expert mode (so when booting the installer ISO, select "Advanced options" and then "Graphical expert install" or "Expert install"). > > Then you are prompted to choose language, country and system locale. That way, you can choose > Chinese (Traditional) > China > zh_TW.UTF-8 > > (The third choice is the key here!) > > > That should give you what you want. > > Can you confirm this? > > > Holger > > > -- > Holger Wansing <[email protected]> > PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076 >
Yes. I just tested debian-installer with expert mode, in a virtual machine. An additional screen that allows me selecting the locale variant appeared, which includes all the supported Chinese variants, including zh_TW.UTF-8.
