After installing Debian, change the folders in the home directory to their corresponding English names in the Chinese environment.

Jan 1, 2023#debian #xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update149

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After installing Debian, the folders in the home directory are displayed in Chinese, which is inconvenient for using the "cd" command. The software "xdg-user-dirs-gtk" can be used to easily change the folders to English. To do this, temporarily change the system language to English, run the command "xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update" to convert the folders to English, and then change the system language back to Chinese. The next time the system is accessed, there will be a prompt to choose not to convert the folders to Chinese.

Operating environment:

    Distributor ID:	Debian
    Description:	Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
    Release:	11
    Codename:	bullseye

After installing Debian, the folders in the home directory are displayed in Chinese in a Chinese environment, which is inconvenient for using the cd command. The software xdg-user-dirs-gtk (already installed by default in the Gnome environment) can be used to easily change them to English.

 #Temporarily change the system language to English, it will automatically revert to the original value after restarting
 export LANG=en_US
 #Execute the conversion command, a window will pop up asking if you want to convert the directories to English paths, agree and close it
 xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update
 #Change the system language back to Chinese, you can also choose not to execute the following command and simply restart
 export LANG=zh_CN

The next time you enter the system, you will be prompted whether to convert the directories to Chinese. Choose "No" and select "Do not ask again", then cancel the modification.