Flood-X
February 3rd, 2011, 10:54 PM
I ran an update today via the Update Manager (Ubuntu 10.10) and I got a bunch of error messages regarding the locales. I didn't have this problem before. So I tried uninstalling the 2nd language I have installed (Arabic) and reinstalling it. I got the same messages during the reinstall. I also tried:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
and I get the same error messages:
Generating locales...
ar_AE.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_AE': No such file or directory
failed
ar_BH.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_BH': No such file or directory
failed
ar_DZ.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_DZ': No such file or directory
failed
ar_EG.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_EG': No such file or directory
failed
ar_IN.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_IN': No such file or directory
failed
ar_IQ.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_IQ': No such file or directory
failed
ar_JO.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_JO': No such file or directory
failed
ar_KW.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_KW': No such file or directory
failed
ar_LB.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_LB': No such file or directory
failed
ar_LY.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_LY': No such file or directory
failed
ar_MA.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_MA': No such file or directory
failed
ar_OM.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_OM': No such file or directory
failed
ar_QA.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_QA': No such file or directory
failed
ar_SA.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_SA': No such file or directory
failed
ar_SD.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_SD': No such file or directory
failed
ar_SY.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_SY': No such file or directory
failed
ar_TN.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_TN': No such file or directory
failed
ar_YE.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_YE': No such file or directory
failed
en_AG.UTF-8... done
en_AU.UTF-8... done
en_BW.UTF-8... done
en_CA.UTF-8... done
en_DK.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `da_DK': No such file or directory
failed
en_GB.UTF-8... done
en_HK.UTF-8... done
en_IE.UTF-8... done
en_IN.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `hi_IN': No such file or directory
failed
en_NG.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `da_DK': No such file or directory
failed
en_NZ.UTF-8... done
en_PH.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `tl_PH': No such file or directory
failed
en_SG.UTF-8... done
en_US.UTF-8... done
en_ZA.UTF-8... done
en_ZW.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
What is the problem and how do I fix it so that the Arabic works again?
Since the update, I no longer see Arabic as a choice in Language Support for text in menus and windows, although it appears as an installed language.
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
and I get the same error messages:
Generating locales...
ar_AE.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_AE': No such file or directory
failed
ar_BH.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_BH': No such file or directory
failed
ar_DZ.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_DZ': No such file or directory
failed
ar_EG.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_EG': No such file or directory
failed
ar_IN.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_IN': No such file or directory
failed
ar_IQ.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_IQ': No such file or directory
failed
ar_JO.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_JO': No such file or directory
failed
ar_KW.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_KW': No such file or directory
failed
ar_LB.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_LB': No such file or directory
failed
ar_LY.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_LY': No such file or directory
failed
ar_MA.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_MA': No such file or directory
failed
ar_OM.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_OM': No such file or directory
failed
ar_QA.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_QA': No such file or directory
failed
ar_SA.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_SA': No such file or directory
failed
ar_SD.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_SD': No such file or directory
failed
ar_SY.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_SY': No such file or directory
failed
ar_TN.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_TN': No such file or directory
failed
ar_YE.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `ar_YE': No such file or directory
failed
en_AG.UTF-8... done
en_AU.UTF-8... done
en_BW.UTF-8... done
en_CA.UTF-8... done
en_DK.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `da_DK': No such file or directory
failed
en_GB.UTF-8... done
en_HK.UTF-8... done
en_IE.UTF-8... done
en_IN.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `hi_IN': No such file or directory
failed
en_NG.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `da_DK': No such file or directory
failed
en_NZ.UTF-8... done
en_PH.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `tl_PH': No such file or directory
failed
en_SG.UTF-8... done
en_US.UTF-8... done
en_ZA.UTF-8... done
en_ZW.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
What is the problem and how do I fix it so that the Arabic works again?
Since the update, I no longer see Arabic as a choice in Language Support for text in menus and windows, although it appears as an installed language.