Setting locale failed - Tried dpkg-reconfigure locales

31770 · 02-02-2007, 04:56 AM

Hi

I'm relatively new to linux though have been using it for a few months now. I run it on 4 computers one of which is having problems with the locales settings. I have tried extensive googling and been unable to find an answer.

The system having problems is running Ubuntu Edgy Eft 6.10.

When I do dpkg-reconfigure locales I get the following message which is typical of messages I get elsewhere in the system (such as running apt-get).

Code:

oliver@oliver-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
Password:
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
        LANGUAGE = "en_GB.UTF-8",
        LC_ALL = (unset),
        LC_LANG = "en_GB.utf8",
        LC_TIME = "en_GB.utf8",
        LANG = "en_GB"
    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
Generating locales...
  en_AU.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_BW.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_CA.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_DK.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_GB.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_HK.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_IE.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_IN.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_NZ.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_PH.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_SG.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_US.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_ZA.UTF-8... up-to-date
  en_ZW.UTF-8... up-to-date
Generation complete.
oliver@oliver-desktop:~$

can anyone help me find the source of this problem.

Cheers

Ollie

31770 · 02-02-2007, 05:37 AM

Why is it when you've been looking for ages you only find the answer when you've already asked for help else where.

Found out that you need to do

Code:

sudo ln -s [localname].utf8 [localname]

replace [localname] with the name of your locale. For me this was en_GB

Ollie