Locales problem? Linux SPSS statistics verison 27 on Chromebook not working. Problem with locales.

Bjoernaakvik · 02-19-2021, 04:39 PM

Hey Guys. I am no to the forum. Using linux for the first time as a virtual machine on my chromebook.
After installing IBM SPSS statistcs for school I get the following error.

/bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US)

Then I cant use the program. What can be the error?
How can I change the locale so it is supported??

(My Main language is Swedish on my chromebook if that matters)

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Bjoern

redd9 · 02-19-2021, 08:08 PM

Have you tried these commands:

Code:

sudo locale-gen en_US
sudo update-locale LANG=en_US

Bjoernaakvik · 02-20-2021, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redd9

Have you tried these commands:

Code:

sudo locale-gen en_US
sudo update-locale LANG=en_US

Hello, thanx for reply.

The rirst command works great, when i do the second one I get the following error??

sudo update-locale LANG=en_US
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LANG = "en_IN.UTF-8"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
*** update-locale: Error: invalid locale settings: LANG=en_US

redd9 · 02-21-2021, 11:11 AM

Hmmm, LANG = "en_IN.UTF-8"? Try the command,

Code:

sudo locale-gen "en_US.UTF-8"

.
edit: then run

Code:

 sudo update-locale LANG="en_US.UTF-8"

Brains · 02-21-2021, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bjoernaakvik

/bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US)

In file /etc/locale.gen, all I had was ---> C.UTF8 UTF-8
So I opened the file in an editor and added ---> en_US.UTF8 UTF-8
Then I ran the command as root ---> locale-gen
It was a little slow to produce those two locales, then the prompt returned, then I ran the command below to set the locale to en_US:

Code:

localectl set-locale en_US.UTF-8

The current locale will be shown in /etc/locale.conf