Appreciate if I could get some help:

Seeing errors:

perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_TIME = "en_US.utf-8",
LC_MONETARY = "en_US.utf-8",
LC_COLLATE = "en_US.utf-8",
LC_MESSAGES = "en_US.utf-8",
LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.utf-8",
LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
are supported and installed on your system.


I am using GNU/Linux.

Saying you're using GNU/Linux tells us next to nothing...what version/distro? (Fedora? Debian? Ubuntu? openSUSE???) What's your code look like? And have you tried to put that error into Google?? Pulls up lots:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1346581
http://www.syamsul.net/2011/09/15/fi...error-message/

You can also just export your locales in your .bashrc or .profile:

I already added them to my .bashrc....didnt work.

Do you know if these can be hard set on locale.

Thx

Spell out your words, please. And yes, they can be hard set, but again, you don't tell us what version/distro of Linux, or show us your code, so there's little we can tell you.

Oh Im so sorry. I have inherited this machine

this is: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Tikanga)

No worries. The best way (in my opinion), is to set the locale in the perl program directly; you can see examples and tips here:
http://perl.active-venture.com/pod/p...ale-using.html

Since you're using RHEL, you should have a support contract with RedHat. You can call them for support, and also may be worth checking the /etc/sysconfig/langauge file. I don't have access to an RHEL box right now, so I can't confirm, but there may be a AUTO_DETECT_UTF8 variable. If it's set to NO, it may cause you a problem. Again, though, I'd suggest fixing this in your Perl code, since it won't affect anything else on the system.

I assume you need to install locales (so your system currently does not support that LC).