Debian - Error in local settings

**Amy Adams** · 12-03-2010

Hello,
I installed a debian on my pc and I regularly receive an error message on the local setting, especially when I do a apt-*:
Here is the error message I get

Code:

perl: warning: Setting local failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your local 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").

Do you guys know how to fix the problem, if yes then please let me know. Thanks in advance.

**NetWorkInG** · 12-03-2010

Hello,
Unfortunately there is a bug in the local package, in fact it does not configure the first time. That's why you get this error message on the screen.
To resolve this problem:
As root, you take the following command:

Code:

dpkg-reconfigure locales

Hope this solution will help you and you will not receive this message again.

**Fragman** · 12-03-2010

Hello,
I do not know that this is the bug of the operating system of debian, but even I get the same error and do not know what to do and how to fix it. Well I have a problem for me, the first time I do 'dpkg-reconfigure locales' I had a problem. So I apt-get install locales' gave me a lot of stuff, including errors, since I can do 'dpkg-reconfigure locales', but I always get errors while doing it.

**HardWeaR** · 12-03-2010

Hello,
I think you should try and update your kernel and see if the error is still there. A few days ago I was getting the following message.
Here's the error I when I do a svn:

Code:

svn: error: can not set LC_CTYPE local
svn: error: environment variable LANG is en_US.UTF-8

If you are getting the same kind of error message then I recommend you to updated the kernel and then try to issue the command in the terminal. Though I am not sure that this is the exact problem for that, but I it worked for me.

**NetWorkInG** · 12-03-2010

Hello,
I think you should look to configure your debian operating system.

Code:

dpkg-reconfigure locales
dpkg-reconfigure console-data

This is the build for it

Code:

1) lang @ ISO-8859-15
2) en_US iso-8859-1
3) en_US UTF8

**InterNetWorKed** · 12-03-2010

Hello,
I agree with the above post and would like to add some words here
In the file / etc / environment (possibly create, this is an option step but you can configure it as you need ), helpful at times

Code:

LANGUAGE = en
LC_ALL = county @ continent
LANG = county @ continent

Hope this will help you and the error message will be terminal ed from your computer. I think the Debian is the best operating system I have seen every.