Questions tagged [locale]

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How do I fix my locale issue?

I am getting this message every time I do something like starting or stopping a service. perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = "en_US:en", LC_ALL = (unset), LC_MESSAGES =…
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How do I add locale to ubuntu server?

I currently have those locales: locale -a C en_AG en_AG.utf8 en_AU.utf8 en_BW.utf8 en_CA.utf8 en_DK.utf8 en_GB.utf8 en_HK.utf8 en_IE.utf8 en_IN en_IN.utf8 en_NG en_NG.utf8 en_NZ.utf8 en_PH.utf8 en_SG.utf8 en_US.utf8 en_ZA.utf8 en_ZW.utf8 POSIX How…
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Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory

I have the exact question as this but there's no solution. I tried but it doesn't work How do I fix my locale issue? $ locale locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No…
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How to set Monday as the first day of the week in GNOME 2 Calendar applet?

What is the recommended way to change the first day of the week to Monday (instead of Sunday, as in the screenshot below)? I couldn't find anything related in Clock Preferences, nor in System -> Preferences, or System -> Administration. This…
Jonik
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Switch command output language from native language to english

How can I switch the command output language from my native language to English, so I can post my Ask Ubuntu question with English command output (error messages)?
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Locale variables have no effect in remote shell (perl: warning: Setting locale failed.)

I have a fresh ubuntu 12.04 installation. When i connect to my remote server i got errors like this: ~$ ssh example.com sudo aptitude upgrade ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges", line 33, in <module> from ALChacks…
Janning
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warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale

I want to switch to French locale. So I tried the below command: myUbundu@myUbundu-desktop:~$ export LC_ALL=fr_FR But I am getting the warning -bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (fr_FR) How to set the locale to French? Do I need…
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How to change Date/Time format to English?

I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 and set my local time/date and its working, the only thing that's bugging me is that I cannot change it to English. I would like to do this because it is hard to read and it is not showing it in the proper format in the…
Qasim
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How to remove unnecessary locales?

I noticed I have several unneeded locales installed, for example, firefox-locale- . I only need one locale. How to remove all the rest?
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apt-get warning: No support for locale: en_US.utf8

I get this error each time I update the system using apt-get. What does this error mean? Any ideas on how to correct it? (I am running Ubuntu 11.10)
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How do I change the default locale in Ubuntu Server?

I have a remote server which I installed and have been trying to unsuccessfully change the locale to french for a few hours. Below are the contents of my locale files: /etc/default/locale : LANG="fr_FR.UTF-8" LANGUAGE="fr_FR.UTF-8"…
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'unsupported locale setting' fault by command-not-found

I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 by keeping the home folders from Linux Mint 13 distribution. The system installed fine, but at the beginning everything was in Chinese (even the text in the Terminal). I managed to solve that by editing some files,…
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`Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. ` when starting apps from the commandline

I didn't get an answer but I wasn't doing anything and this is an interesting topic. In Ubuntu 12.04, when opening a file in gedit or if I am working on the command line in dpkg, I get returned the error "locale not supported, falling back to…
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Locale settings are not right. How can I reset them?

I've got a locale problem. The collating sequence in nautilus and other programs has changed. I get locale errors appearing in the terminal when I launch a GUI app.. Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Using the fallback 'C' locale.…
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Where can I find the full list of Compose combinations for my locale?

After enabling my Compose key , I want to find the list of all the key combinations I can use to create special characters. Where is the full list that my system is using when parsing the keys typed after the Compose key? I know about things like…
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