problems with locales [sarge]

ruh31 · 12-03-2004, 08:15 AM

Hi!

I tried to install sarge on a pretty old pc (pentium 233 MHz) and encountered the following problems with locales: Whenever I try to reconfigure it or when I try to use apt-get, then I get the following (or with apt-get a similiar) error message:

Code:

RUH:~#dpkg-reconfigure locales
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
      LANGUAGE = "de_DE@euro",
      LC_ALL = (unset),
      LANG = "de_DE.UTF-8"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process

I would be very happy if someone could help me. Thank you very much,

ruh31

brainpipe · 12-09-2004, 03:14 PM

I had the same error message minus the debconf error. Running 'dpkg-reconfigure locales' worked for me.

macondo · 12-09-2004, 08:40 PM

#apt-get install locales

#dpkg-reconfigure locales

Thulemanden · 12-12-2004, 11:49 AM

Nice posting. Thanks!

ruh31 · 12-25-2004, 09:28 AM

Thank you very much vor your posts. It finally worked the way you told me, but I still don't know what I changed after all. But the most important thing is: it works!!!

Mistreated · 01-10-2005, 06:26 PM

Hey, guys! Maybe some of you know, how to fix same problem in Mandrake 10.1. I also get message:
"locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directoryo get message"
every time i start the konsole or XTerm.