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THpubs
Asked: 2012-02-15 08:56:29 +0800 CST

I get this error while updating and installing software : perl: warning: Setting locale failed

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I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 in my MT server and I keep getting this error:

perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
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").

It comes mostly when I try to install or upgrade software!

How can I fix this?

server 11.04

2 Answers

  1. Run:

    sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

    If that doesn't work, try adding the following line to /etc/environment and reboot.

    LC_ALL="en_GB.utf8"

    Or if you are in the US, 

    LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"

    For additional information see:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Locale

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  2. Best Answer

    Just got the answer from MT :

    echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" > /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local dpkg-reconfigure locales

    It works perfectly!

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