perl: warning: Setting locale failed.

[ejmadar]

All other threads were closed already, so i started a new one. It may spare some time for you.

I have a virtual private server running Ubuntu 9.10 and got messages like this:

perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
    LANGUAGE = (unset),
    LC_ALL = (unset),
    LANG = "en_US.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

To get rid of the messages I had to run this command:

# locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8 hu_HU hu_HU.UTF-8

then

# dpkg-reconfigure locales

The problem was solved. I didn't had to edit any files like /etc/environment
Hope it helps for you!

I found the solution here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...41#post3540541

[gerrywastaken]

didn't fix the error for me

[sneils]

Worked fine for me, thx.

[ajeje]

Works for me as well! Thanks.

[matthewboh]

Didn't work for me either

[Dafydd]

Didn't work for me either

Worked perfectly for me (Ubuntu 10.04). I just ran:

sudo locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8 cy_GB.UTF-8


Replaced hungarian (hu) for Welsh (cy).

[glendeni]

Worked for a new install of 10.04 with added KDE desktop, for which running many applications (perl, firefox) gave "setting locale" error messages when run in Konsole. "sudo locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8" solved that problem for me. I kiss the toes of ejmadar for saving me _much_ time and aggravation .

[demauk]

You need to pay attention to your error message and issue a command for your missing locale.

For example, this is the error I got:

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

The LANG string is the one you need. So, in my case this command solved my problem:

$ sudo locale-gen en_CA

[Heels]

Hi all,

I installed ubuntu 10.10 a week ago, and got my vodaphone mobile broadband up and running. then some update was installed (usb modeswitch something) and... I couldn't get vodaphone to start. I got the same issues a in this thread, and with your suggestions I've actually managed to get it running (even though I don't have a clue what I'm actually doing ). So now the application starts up, says its connected, but then I STILL have no internet.

The wierd thing is: when I left click on the internet icon, I can check enable mobile broadband, but as soon as I touch anything in firefox, the 'check mark' has disappeared...

So: 1) thanks for all your help so far, and 2) has anyone got a clue what I can try now??

[willPower]

Hi all,

I installed ubuntu 10.10 a week ago, and got my vodaphone mobile broadband up and running. then some update was installed (usb modeswitch something) and... I couldn't get vodaphone to start. I got the same issues a in this thread, and with your suggestions I've actually managed to get it running (even though I don't have a clue what I'm actually doing ). So now the application starts up, says its connected, but then I STILL have no internet.

The wierd thing is: when I left click on the internet icon, I can check enable mobile broadband, but as soon as I touch anything in firefox, the 'check mark' has disappeared...

So: 1) thanks for all your help so far, and 2) has anyone got a clue what I can try now??

You could try starting a new thread.