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SploitStacks

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From: Virginia, USA

Registered: 2018-02-10

Posts: 23

[SOLVED]"setlocale LC_ALL: cannot change locale" issue

Hello,

I have recently been trying to install the `texlive-most` package but can't because of a warning that is continuously displayed: 

sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8)"

.     I've posted in this section because I believe the issue is rooted in my /etc/locale.conf file being incorrect/incomplete rather than stemming from the package I'm trying to install. (If I am wrong, my apologies.) Currently my /etc/locale.conf file only contains this line and nothing else: 

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

      Is there something I should add or change in my locale.conf file to correct this error ? I've looked in the forums and on the arch wiki, but so far I haven't been able to find a solution, so any help would be greatly appreciated !

I have here a pastebin of the entire issue:   https://pastebin.com/nK45hTBC

If there is any other information that I can include that would be helpful, let me know and I'll get to it asap.

Last edited by SploitStacks (2018-02-12 16:52:09)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED]"setlocale LC_ALL: cannot change locale" issue

What do `locale` and `locale -a` give you?

SploitStacks

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From: Virginia, USA

Registered: 2018-02-10

Posts: 23

Re: [SOLVED]"setlocale LC_ALL: cannot change locale" issue

locale returns:

 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
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8

and locale -a returns:

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_COLLATE to default locale: No such file or directory
C
POSIX

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,079

Re: [SOLVED]"setlocale LC_ALL: cannot change locale" issue

So you never generated your locales.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … ide#Locale

SploitStacks

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From: Virginia, USA

Registered: 2018-02-10

Posts: 23

Re: [SOLVED]"setlocale LC_ALL: cannot change locale" issue

Ah, thank you. My issue is resolved.

Erwin Iosef

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Registered: 2024-05-22

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Re: [SOLVED]"setlocale LC_ALL: cannot change locale" issue

Not to bump an old post but for those reading this in the future the solution is to set your LANG= correctly, regenerate your locales and reboot.

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,079

Re: [SOLVED]"setlocale LC_ALL: cannot change locale" issue

Not to bump an old post

Then why did you, just to repeat what the link says?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,794

Re: [SOLVED]"setlocale LC_ALL: cannot change locale" issue

Closing this old thread.