[SOLVED] "Perl: warning: Setting locale failed". Locale not available.

tux_addict · 11-08-2018, 01:03 AM

I've tried the usual avenues (namely Google), but none of the solutions offered seem to work!
The problem in short is the following. Whenever I open my bash shell, I get the following annoying message:

Quote:

perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = "en_US:en",
LC_ALL = (unset),
LANG = "en_KE.UTF-8"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").

I am running Debian 9 and I have installed all the locales. My own locale though (en_KE, for Kenya) is not among the available locales.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

lougavulin · 11-08-2018, 03:49 AM

In your .bashrc or .bash_profile, add

Code:

export LC_ALL=C

That should do.

tux_addict · 11-08-2018, 11:17 PM

Thanks Lougavulin. But that didn't work!

lougavulin · 11-09-2018, 04:19 AM

Did you reload your .bashrc or .bash_profile ?

So to test it :

Code:

perl -e exit

Should return your error.

Code:

export LC_ALL=C
perl -e exit

According to my tests, that should work.

If it does, modify your .bashrc or .bash_profile, or if you are root on the system add it somewhere into /etc/profile.d/.

ondoho · 11-09-2018, 04:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tux_addict

I have installed all the locales.

please show us:

Code:

locale -a

also, check if en_KE is available at all:

Code:

grep en_KE /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED

lastly, read this: https://wiki.debian.org/Locale

tux_addict · 11-09-2018, 09:52 AM

Thank you to everyone who's taken the time to respond!
Yes, lougavulin, I reloaded .bashrc

Quote:

source ~/.bashrc

Meanwhile,

Quote:

perl -e exit

gives no response.
Results for locale -a:

Code:

C
C.UTF-8
POSIX
aa_DJ
aa_DJ.utf8
aa_ER
aa_ER@saaho
aa_ET
af_ZA
af_ZA.utf8
ak_GH
am_ET
an_ES
an_ES.utf8
anp_IN
ar_AE
ar_AE.utf8
ar_BH
ar_BH.utf8
ar_DZ
ar_DZ.utf8
ar_EG
ar_EG.utf8
ar_IN
ar_IQ
ar_IQ.utf8
ar_JO
ar_JO.utf8
ar_KW
ar_KW.utf8
ar_LB
ar_LB.utf8
ar_LY
ar_LY.utf8
ar_MA
ar_MA.utf8
ar_OM
ar_OM.utf8
ar_QA
ar_QA.utf8
ar_SA
ar_SA.utf8ar_SD
ar_SD.utf8
ar_SS
ar_SY
ar_SY.utf8
ar_TN
ar_TN.utf8
ar_YE
ar_YE.utf8
as_IN
ast_ES
ast_ES.utf8
ayc_PE
az_AZ
be_BY
be_BY.utf8
be_BY@latin
bem_ZM
ber_DZ
ber_MA
bg_BG
bg_BG.utf8
bhb_IN.utf8
bho_IN
bn_BD
bn_IN
bo_CN
bo_IN
br_FR
br_FR.utf8
br_FR@euro
brx_IN
bs_BA
bs_BA.utf8
byn_ER
ca_AD
ca_AD.utf8
ca_ES
ca_ES.utf8
ca_ES.utf8@valencia
ca_ES@euro
ca_ES@valenciaca_FR
ca_FR.utf8
ca_IT
ca_IT.utf8
ce_RU
chr_US
cmn_TW
crh_UA
cs_CZ
cs_CZ.utf8
csb_PL
cv_RU
cy_GB
cy_GB.utf8
da_DK
da_DK.utf8
de_AT
de_AT.utf8
de_AT@euro
de_BE
de_BE.utf8
de_BE@euro
de_CH
de_CH.utf8
de_DE
de_DE.utf8
de_DE@euro
de_IT
de_IT.utf8
de_LI.utf8
de_LU
de_LU.utf8
de_LU@euro
doi_IN
dv_MV
dz_BT
el_CY
el_CY.utf8
el_GR
el_GR.utf8
en_AG
en_AUen_AU.utf8
en_BW
en_BW.utf8
en_CA
en_CA.utf8
en_DK
en_DK.iso885915
en_DK.utf8
en_GB
en_GB.iso885915
en_GB.utf8
en_HK
en_HK.utf8
en_IE
en_IE.utf8
en_IE@euro
en_IL
en_IN
en_NG
en_NZ
en_NZ.utf8
en_PH
en_PH.utf8
en_SG
en_SG.utf8
en_US
en_US.iso885915
en_US.utf8
en_ZA
en_ZA.utf8
en_ZM
en_ZW
en_ZW.utf8
eo
es_AR
es_AR.utf8
es_BO
es_BO.utf8
es_CL
es_CL.utf8
es_CO
es_CO.utf8es_CR
es_CR.utf8
es_CU
es_DO
es_DO.utf8
es_EC
es_EC.utf8
es_ES
es_ES.utf8
es_ES@euro
es_GT
es_GT.utf8
es_HN
es_HN.utf8
es_MX
es_MX.utf8
es_NI
es_NI.utf8
es_PA
es_PA.utf8
es_PE
es_PE.utf8
es_PR
es_PR.utf8
es_PY
es_PY.utf8
es_SV
es_SV.utf8
es_US
es_US.utf8
es_UY
es_UY.utf8
es_VE
es_VE.utf8
et_EE
et_EE.iso885915
et_EE.utf8
eu_ES
eu_ES.utf8
eu_ES@euro
eu_FR
eu_FR.utf8eu_FR@euro
fa_IR
ff_SN
fi_FI
fi_FI.utf8
fi_FI@euro
fil_PH
fo_FO
fo_FO.utf8
fr_BE
fr_BE.utf8
fr_BE@euro
fr_CA
fr_CA.utf8
fr_CH
fr_CH.utf8
fr_FR
fr_FR.utf8
fr_FR@euro
fr_LU
fr_LU.utf8
fr_LU@euro
fur_IT
fy_DE
fy_NL
ga_IE
ga_IE.utf8
ga_IE@euro
gd_GB
gd_GB.utf8
gez_ER
gez_ER@abegede
gez_ET
gez_ET@abegede
gl_ES
gl_ES.utf8
gl_ES@euro
gu_IN
gv_GB
gv_GB.utf8
ha_NG
hak_TWhe_IL
he_IL.utf8
hi_IN
hne_IN
hr_HR
hr_HR.utf8
hsb_DE
hsb_DE.utf8
ht_HT
hu_HU
hu_HU.utf8
hy_AM
hy_AM.armscii8
ia_FR
id_ID
id_ID.utf8
ig_NG
ik_CA
is_IS
is_IS.utf8
it_CH
it_CH.utf8
it_IT
it_IT.utf8
it_IT@euro
iu_CA
ja_JP.eucjp
ja_JP.utf8
ka_GE
ka_GE.utf8
kk_KZ
kk_KZ.rk1048
kk_KZ.utf8
kl_GL
kl_GL.utf8
km_KH
kn_IN
ko_KR.euckr
ko_KR.utf8
kok_IN
ks_IN
ks_IN@devanagariku_TR
ku_TR.utf8
kw_GB
kw_GB.utf8
ky_KG
lb_LU
lg_UG
lg_UG.utf8
li_BE
li_NL
lij_IT
ln_CD
lo_LA
lt_LT
lt_LT.utf8
lv_LV
lv_LV.utf8
lzh_TW
mag_IN
mai_IN
mg_MG
mg_MG.utf8
mhr_RU
mi_NZ
mi_NZ.utf8
mk_MK
mk_MK.utf8
ml_IN
mn_MN
mni_IN
mr_IN
ms_MY
ms_MY.utf8
mt_MT
mt_MT.utf8
my_MM
nan_TW
nan_TW@latin
nb_NO
nb_NO.utf8
nds_DE
nds_NLne_NP
nhn_MX
niu_NU
niu_NZ
nl_AW
nl_BE
nl_BE.utf8
nl_BE@euro
nl_NL
nl_NL.utf8
nl_NL@euro
nn_NO
nn_NO.utf8
nr_ZA
nso_ZA
oc_FR
oc_FR.utf8
om_ET
om_KE
om_KE.utf8
or_IN
os_RU
pa_IN
pa_PK
pap_AW
pap_CW
pl_PL
pl_PL.utf8
ps_AF
pt_BR
pt_BR.utf8
pt_PT
pt_PT.utf8
pt_PT@euro
quz_PE
raj_IN
ro_RO
ro_RO.utf8
ru_RU
ru_RU.cp1251
ru_RU.koi8r
ru_RU.utf8ru_UA
ru_UA.utf8
rw_RW
sa_IN
sat_IN
sc_IT
sd_IN
sd_IN@devanagari
se_NO
sgs_LT
shs_CA
si_LK
sid_ET
sk_SK
sk_SK.utf8
sl_SI
sl_SI.utf8
so_DJ
so_DJ.utf8
so_ET
so_KE
so_KE.utf8
so_SO
so_SO.utf8
sq_AL
sq_AL.utf8
sq_MK
sr_ME
sr_RS
sr_RS@latin
ss_ZA
st_ZA
st_ZA.utf8
sv_FI
sv_FI.utf8
sv_FI@euro
sv_SE
sv_SE.iso885915
sv_SE.utf8
sw_KE
sw_TZ
szl_PLta_IN
ta_LK
tcy_IN.utf8
te_IN
tg_TJ
tg_TJ.utf8
th_TH
th_TH.utf8
the_NP
ti_ER
ti_ET
tig_ER
tk_TM
tl_PH
tl_PH.utf8
tn_ZA
tr_CY
tr_CY.utf8
tr_TR
tr_TR.utf8
ts_ZA
tt_RU
tt_RU@iqtelif
ug_CN
uk_UA
uk_UA.utf8
unm_US
ur_IN
ur_PK
uz_UZ
uz_UZ.utf8
uz_UZ@cyrillic
ve_ZA
vi_VN
wa_BE
wa_BE.utf8
wa_BE@euro
wae_CH
wal_ET
wo_SN
xh_ZA
xh_ZA.utf8yi_US
yi_US.utf8
yo_NG
yue_HK
zh_CN
zh_CN.gb18030
zh_CN.gbk
zh_CN.utf8
zh_HK
zh_HK.utf8
zh_SG
zh_SG.gbk
zh_SG.utf8
zh_TW
zh_TW.euctw
zh_TW.utf8
zu_ZA
zu_ZA.utf8

Grepping for "en_KEN" in "/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED" returns no results.
Appending "export LANG=en_KE.UTF-8" to my .bashrc file gets rid of the "Setting locale failed" message, but only in the current tab.

ondoho · 11-10-2018, 04:03 AM

i think you need to actually install some locales.
i think you can only use those that show up when you issue 'locale -a'. there's no english at all???

please read the wiki i linked.

and yes, it seems that en_KE is unavailable.

tux_addict · 11-10-2018, 11:33 AM

The solution in this case (on KDE) was as follows:
Go to KDE System Settings -> Regional Settings -> Formats. Change region from Kenya (en_KE) to United Kingdom (en_GB). No more perl setting locale failed warnings!