1、一般安装后的linux系统都是英文的界面，网上查了一下各种说法都有，我只做了如下的配置就好了，下载个中文包，改一下i18n就完事了，并没有那么复杂
下面上图文：
目前是英文的界面
2、下载个中文包，右击打开一个终端，Open Terminal
输入命令：yum -y groupinstall chinese-support
[root@localhost ~]# yum -y groupinstall chinese-support
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* addons: mirrors.yun-idc.com
* base: mirror.bit.edu.cn
* extras: mirrors.yun-idc.com
* updates: mirror.bit.edu.cn
Setting up Group Process
Checking for new repos for mirrors
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package Cluster_Administration-zh-CN.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos set to be updated
---> Package Cluster_Administration-zh-TW.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos set to be updated
---> Package Deployment_Guide-zh-CN.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos set to be updated
---> Package Deployment_Guide-zh-TW.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos set to be updated
---> Package Global_File_System-zh-CN.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos set to be updated
---> Package Global_File_System-zh-TW.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos set to be updated
---> Package Virtualization-zh-CN.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos set to be updated
---> Package Virtualization-zh-TW.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos set to be updated
---> Package fonts-chinese.noarch 0:3.02-12.el5 set to be updated
---> Package lv.i386 0:4.51-8.1 set to be updated
---> Package scim-bridge-gtk.i386 0:0.4.5-11.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: scim-bridge = 0.4.5-11.el5 for package: scim-bridge-gtk
---> Package scim-chewing.i386 0:0.3.1-11.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libscim-gtkutils-1.0.so.8 for package: scim-chewing
--> Processing Dependency: libscim-1.0.so.8 for package: scim-chewing
--> Processing Dependency: scim for package: scim-chewing
--> Processing Dependency: libchewing.so.3 for package: scim-chewing
--> Processing Dependency: libscim-1.0.so.8(LIBSCIM_1.0) for package: scim-chewing
---> Package scim-chinese-standard.i386 0:0.0.2-1.el5 set to be updated
---> Package scim-pinyin.i386 0:0.5.91-16.el5 set to be updated
---> Package scim-tables-chinese.i386 0:0.5.6-7 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: scim-tables = 0.5.6 for package: scim-tables-chinese
---> Package stardict.i386 0:2.4.5-5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libchewing.i386 0:0.3.0-8.el5 set to be updated
---> Package scim.i386 0:1.4.4-44.el5 set to be updated
---> Package scim-bridge.i386 0:0.4.5-11.el5 set to be updated
---> Package scim-libs.i386 0:1.4.4-44.el5 set to be updated
---> Package scim-tables.i386 0:0.5.6-7 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository
Size
============================================================================
Installing:
Cluster_Administration-zh-CN noarch 5.8-1.el5.centos base 2.4 M
Cluster_Administration-zh-TW noarch 5.8-1.el5.centos base 2.4 M
Deployment_Guide-zh-CN noarch 5.8-1.el5.centos base 8.3 M
Deployment_Guide-zh-TW noarch 5.8-1.el5.centos base 8.3 M
Global_File_System-zh-CN noarch 5.8-1.el5.centos base 415 k
Global_File_System-zh-TW noarch 5.8-1.el5.centos base 416 k
Virtualization-zh-CN noarch 5.8-1.el5.centos base 6.9 M
Virtualization-zh-TW noarch 5.8-1.el5.centos base 6.9 M
fonts-chinese noarch 3.02-12.el5 base 24 M
lv i386 4.51-8.1 base 423 k
scim-bridge-gtk i386 0.4.5-11.el5 base 37 k
scim-chewing i386 0.3.1-11.el5 base 62 k
scim-chinese-standard i386 0.0.2-1.el5 base 87 k
scim-pinyin i386 0.5.91-16.el5 base 2.3 M
scim-tables-chinese i386 0.5.6-7 base 6.2 M
stardict i386 2.4.5-5 base 833 k
Installing for dependencies:
libchewing i386 0.3.0-8.el5 base 2.8 M
scim i386 1.4.4-44.el5 base 521 k
scim-bridge i386 0.4.5-11.el5 base 109 k
scim-libs i386 1.4.4-44.el5 base 456 k
scim-tables i386 0.5.6-7 base 346 k
Transaction Summary
============================================================================
Install 21 Package(s)
Upgrade 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 74 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/21): scim-bridge-gtk-0.4.5-11.el5.i386.rpm | 37 kB 00:00
(2/21): scim-chewing-0.3.1-11.el5.i386.rpm | 62 kB 00:00
(3/21): scim-chinese-standard-0.0.2-1.el5.i386.rpm | 87 kB 00:00
(4/21): scim-bridge-0.4.5-11.el5.i386.rpm | 109 kB 00:00
(5/21): scim-tables-0.5.6-7.i386.rpm | 346 kB 00:00
(6/21): Global_File_System-zh-CN-5.8-1.el5.centos.no | 415 kB 00:00
(7/21): Global_File_System-zh-TW-5.8-1.el5.centos.no | 416 kB 00:00
(8/21): lv-4.51-8.1.i386.rpm | 423 kB 00:00
(9/21): scim-libs-1.4.4-44.el5.i386.rpm | 456 kB 00:00
(10/21): scim-1.4.4-44.el5.i386.rpm | 521 kB 00:00
(11/21): stardict-2.4.5-5.i386.rpm | 833 kB 00:00
(12/21): scim-pinyin-0.5.91-16.el5.i386.rpm | 2.3 MB 00:01
(13/21): Cluster_Administration-zh-CN-5.8-1.el5.cent | 2.4 MB 00:01
(14/21): Cluster_Administration-zh-TW-5.8-1.el5.cent | 2.4 MB 00:01
(15/21): libchewing-0.3.0-8.el5.i386.rpm | 2.8 MB 00:01
(16/21): scim-tables-chinese-0.5.6-7.i386.rpm | 6.2 MB 00:04
(17/21): Virtualization-zh-CN-5.8-1.el5.centos.noarc | 6.9 MB 00:04
(18/21): Virtualization-zh-TW-5.8-1.el5.centos.noarc | 6.9 MB 00:04
(19/21): Deployment_Guide-zh-CN-5.8-1.el5.centos.noa | 8.3 MB 00:09
(20/21): Deployment_Guide-zh-TW-5.8-1.el5.centos.noa | 8.3 MB 00:05
(21/21): fonts-chinese-3.02-12.el5.noarch.rpm | 24 MB 00:20
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 1.2 MB/s | 74 MB 01:01
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e8562897
base/gpgkey | 1.5 kB 00:00
Importing GPG key 0xE8562897 "CentOS-5 Key (CentOS 5 Official Signing Key) <centos-5-key@centos.org>" from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : Global_File_System-zh-TW 1/21
Installing : Cluster_Administration-zh-CN 2/21
Installing : Cluster_Administration-zh-TW 3/21
Installing : Global_File_System-zh-CN 4/21
Installing : Virtualization-zh-TW 5/21
Installing : Virtualization-zh-CN 6/21
Installing : Deployment_Guide-zh-TW 7/21
Installing : fonts-chinese 8/21
Installing : Deployment_Guide-zh-CN 9/21
Installing : scim-libs 10/21
Installing : scim 11/21
Installing : scim-tables 12/21
Installing : scim-bridge 13/21
Installing : libchewing 14/21
Installing : scim-chinese-standard 15/21
Installing : scim-bridge-gtk 16/21
Installing : scim-chewing 17/21
Installing : stardict 18/21
Installing : scim-pinyin 19/21
Installing : scim-tables-chinese 20/21
Installing : lv 21/21
Installed:
Cluster_Administration-zh-CN.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos
Cluster_Administration-zh-TW.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos
Deployment_Guide-zh-CN.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos
Deployment_Guide-zh-TW.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos
Global_File_System-zh-CN.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos
Global_File_System-zh-TW.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos
Virtualization-zh-CN.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos
Virtualization-zh-TW.noarch 0:5.8-1.el5.centos
fonts-chinese.noarch 0:3.02-12.el5
lv.i386 0:4.51-8.1
scim-bridge-gtk.i386 0:0.4.5-11.el5
scim-chewing.i386 0:0.3.1-11.el5
scim-chinese-standard.i386 0:0.0.2-1.el5
scim-pinyin.i386 0:0.5.91-16.el5
scim-tables-chinese.i386 0:0.5.6-7
stardict.i386 0:2.4.5-5
Dependency Installed:
libchewing.i386 0:0.3.0-8.el5 scim.i386 0:1.4.4-44.el5
scim-bridge.i386 0:0.4.5-11.el5 scim-libs.i386 0:1.4.4-44.el5
scim-tables.i386 0:0.5.6-7
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]#
3、修改配置文件i18n
输入命令vi /etc/sysconfig/i18n
[root@localhost ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/i18n ，然后回车
把其中的内容删掉，输入LNAG="zh_CN.UTF-8"
:wq!保存退出。
输入reboot命令，重启系统。
[root@localhost ~]# reboot
4、完成，重启后看效果！
注：我用的CentOS的系统，不保证每个系统这样的配置都可以，可以试试看。