1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/locale_helpers.py b/archinstall/lib/locale_helpers.py
index 6aa678a6..cbba8d52 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/locale_helpers.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/locale_helpers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import logging
-from typing import Iterator
+from typing import Iterator, List
 
 from .exceptions import ServiceException
 from .general import SysCommand
@@ -11,6 +11,24 @@ def list_keyboard_languages() -> Iterator[str]:
 		yield line.decode('UTF-8').strip()
 
 
+def list_locales() -> List[str]:
+	with open('/etc/locale.gen', 'r') as fp:
+		locales = []
+		# before the list of locales begins there's an empty line with a '#' in front
+		# so we'll collect the localels from bottom up and halt when we're donw
+		entries = fp.readlines()
+		entries.reverse()
+
+		for entry in entries:
+			text = entry[1:].strip()
+			if text == '':
+				break
+			locales.append(text)
+
+		locales.reverse()
+		return locales
+
+
 def list_x11_keyboard_languages() -> Iterator[str]:
 	for line in SysCommand("localectl --no-pager list-x11-keymap-layouts", environment_vars={'SYSTEMD_COLORS': '0'}):
 		yield line.decode('UTF-8').strip()