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Subject: Re: Locale error: Falling back to C locale
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:53:55 +0200
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Pierre Neidhardt <ambrevar@gmail.com> skribis:

> Some applications complain about the locale:
>
> 	> stow .
> 	perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
> 	perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
> 		LANGUAGE =3D (unset),
> 		LC_ALL =3D (unset),
> 		LANG =3D "en_US.utf8"
> 	    are supported and installed on your system.
> 	perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
>
> 	> emacs
> 	(process:7796): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
> 		Using the fallback 'C' locale.
>
> Both emacs and stow still work properly but I wonder where this comes
> from.  Did I miss something during the install?

On GuixSD this should work fine out of the box.  On other distros,
please take a look at
<https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Application-Setup.html#=
Locales>.

HTH!

Ludo=E2=80=99.