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samwell
Asked: 2012-01-18 16:01:53 +0800 CST

setlocale error with chroot

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I have created a chroot jail and when I log in I get a bash warning bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8)

I tried to google the error, but wasn't able to find a solution

ubuntu chroot ubuntu-10.04

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Sounds like you're missing /usr/lib/locale inside your chroot. Try copying them into place from your non-chroot'd /usr/lib/locale or chroot with LANG=C.

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  2. While Travis Campbell's answer is certainly very valid, I found an alternative solution on my Debian Buster chroot that probably also works on Ubuntu. In the chrooted environment:

    apt update
apt install locales
dpkg-reconfigure locales

    I then selected the locale that the error message complained about (en_US.UTF-8). Exiting and going back to the chrooted environment doesn't display the error message anymore.

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