Re: [Hampshire] language en_US.UTF-8 does not exist

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Author: Graham Bleach
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] language en_US.UTF-8 does not exist
2009/1/20 B STEVENS <b.stevens611@???>:
> hi all
>
> the subject is the message i get when i log into debian.
>
> i've typed "locale" and get the following output:
>
> $ locale
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8

[snip]

> so... i don't know where to change this US locale to the GB one.
>
> any ideas?


Look for things setting LANG in:

/etc/environment
/etc/default/locale
~/.profile
~/.bash_profile
(and probably a few other files that get called on login that I can't remember)

Failing that, you could always create the en_US.UTF-8 locale:
dpkg-reconfigure locales

Cheers,
Graham