Here is what I did so far. Same thing.

ruki@ruki-ThinkPad-T400:~$ guix package -i glibc-locales

guile: warning: failed to install locale

warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument

The following package will be upgraded:

   glibc-locales    2.26.105-g0890d5379c ->
      2.26.105-g0890d5379c   
/gnu/store/j73ld7v624ix39imy94bncxzl8nirdn8-glibc-locales-2.26.105-g0890d5379c

substitute: updating list of substitutes from
      'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... substitute: updating list of
      substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%

The following derivations will be built:

  
      /gnu/store/br2by76f04pmfcl4fr4jm00mc6xhp1fl-profile.drv

  
      /gnu/store/6nqbjiijp6pihinif3ikywf652ph2yck-ca-certificate-bundle.drv

  
      /gnu/store/6k0qgwhzq6mc1hqnh3vi75am3n3i5650-info-dir.drv

  
      /gnu/store/268wyfb4bpk2536hj1pir1l9xp11622r-fonts-dir.drv

  
      /gnu/store/8q3ys53cx6xjl8dzphisskckg6c13g78-manual-database.drv

Creating manual page database...

1 entries processed in 0.5 s

4 packages in profile

The following environment variable definitions may be
      needed:

   export
      PATH="/home/ruki/.guix-profile/bin${PATH:+:}$PATH"

ruki@ruki-ThinkPad-T400:~$ export
      PATH="/home/ruki/.guix-profile/bin${PATH:+:}$PATH"

ruki@ruki-ThinkPad-T400:~$ guix package

guile: warning: failed to install locale

warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument

ruki@ruki-ThinkPad-T400:~$

On 03/15/2018 03:35 PM, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:

darlingmouse <darlingmouse@posteo.us> writes:

ruki@ruki-ThinkPad-T400:~$ export
GUIX_LOCPATH=$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/locale

Does this directory exist?  If it doesn’t you may need to install
the “glibc-locales” package first.

ruki@ruki-ThinkPad-T400:~$ guix package
guile: warning: failed to install locale
warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument

I wonder if this comes from the daemon’s environment.  If so,
GUIX_LOCPATH needs to be set in the environment in which the daemon is
started.

--
Ricardo

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