warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument

warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument

[Cook, Malcolm]

With each call to guix I get

	warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument

I am using fresh binary install of 0.8.3 into clean CentOS7 following http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Binary-Installation.html

Can anyone provide guidance on how to proceed on this?

Thx

Re: warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument

[Ludovic Courtès]

"Cook, Malcolm" <MEC@stowers.org> skribis:

> With each call to guix I get
>
> 	warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument

See
<http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Application-Setup.html#Locales-1>.

I’ve added a cross-ref to that section from “Binary Installation”.

Ludo’.

RE: warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument

[Cook, Malcolm]

> "Cook, Malcolm" <MEC@stowers.org> skribis:
> 
> > With each call to guix I get
> >
> > 	warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
> 
> See
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Application-
> Setup.html#Locales-1>.

Thanks Ludo, I should have mentioned that I did do that already.  Viz:

bash-4.2$ echo $LOCPATH
/home/mec/.guix-profile/lib/locale

and also:

bash-4.2$ ls $LOCPATH | grep en_US
en_US
en_US.UTF-8

but still:

bash-4.2$ guix package -i bedtools
The following package will be installed:
   bedtools	2.22.0	/gnu/store/zbwx86lncaa1a9r001lnp3kisxp5jjfh-bedtools-2.22.0

substitute: warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
updating list of substitutes from 'http://hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
The following derivations will be built:
   /gnu/store/s29xhgww0kpgg2202sc04zdxnr662h1n-profile.drv
   /gnu/store/cxgij61q1b8103vcp3g71cb5h44saslk-info-dir.drv
   /gnu/store/q6shg82wi1qml95wpgx50lqs4mxanx55-ca-certificate-bundle.drv
   /gnu/store/v1vy5vbrkwkr4ccskx10rnkp322wvzy0-gtk-icon-themes.drv
The following file will be downloaded:
   /gnu/store/zbwx86lncaa1a9r001lnp3kisxp5jjfh-bedtools-2.22.0
warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
found valid signature for '/gnu/store/zbwx86lncaa1a9r001lnp3kisxp5jjfh-bedtools-2.22.0', from 'http://hydra.gnu.org/nar/zbwx86lncaa1a9r001lnp3kisxp5jjfh-bedtools-2.22.0'
downloading `/gnu/store/zbwx86lncaa1a9r001lnp3kisxp5jjfh-bedtools-2.22.0' (2.1 MiB installed)...
http://hydra.gnu.org/nar/zbwx86lncaa1a9r001lnp3kisxp5jjfh-bedtools-2.22.0	 743.9 KiB transferred (677. KiB/s)
`/gnu/store/xiiiygcicq5dyzkhg8szybcjbygj1g8r-hicolor-icon-theme-0.12/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme' ~> `/gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme'
warning: collision encountered: /gnu/store/1qrbdgrk7p6c1z80kz49gj6gsfk444wf-emacs-24.5/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache /gnu/store/4zmkk7mwn4v2iid4nqldlxx9g6nszc5l-dconf-0.22.0/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache 
warning: arbitrarily choosing /gnu/store/1qrbdgrk7p6c1z80kz49gj6gsfk444wf-emacs-24.5/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
`/gnu/store/1qrbdgrk7p6c1z80kz49gj6gsfk444wf-emacs-24.5/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache' ~> `/gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache'
`/gnu/store/xiiiygcicq5dyzkhg8szybcjbygj1g8r-hicolor-icon-theme-0.12/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/emotes' ~> `/gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/emotes'
...
`/gnu/store/1qrbdgrk7p6c1z80kz49gj6gsfk444wf-emacs-24.5/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/emacs.png' ~> `/gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/emacs.png'
`/gnu/store/4zmkk7mwn4v2iid4nqldlxx9g6nszc5l-dconf-0.22.0/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/dconf-editor.png' ~> `/gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/dconf-editor.png'
`/gnu/store/xiiiygcicq5dyzkhg8szybcjbygj1g8r-hicolor-icon-theme-0.12/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/stock' ~> `/gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/stock'


Scores of lines deleted......

gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
warning: collision encountered: /gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache /gnu/store/1qrbdgrk7p6c1z80kz49gj6gsfk444wf-emacs-24.5/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache /gnu/store/4zmkk7mwn4v2iid4nqldlxx9g6nszc5l-dconf-0.22.0/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache 
warning: arbitrarily choosing /gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
17 packages in profile



Any ideas for me?

> 
> I’ve added a cross-ref to that section from “Binary Installation”.

Appreciated.  I did miss it for a while, but do have it now.

~Malcolm

Re: warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument

[Pjotr Prins]

This works for me:

  https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/INSTALL.org#set-locale

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 09:01:15PM +0000, Cook, Malcolm wrote:
> > "Cook, Malcolm" <MEC@stowers.org> skribis:
> > 
> > > With each call to guix I get
> > >
> > > 	warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
> > 
> > See
> > <http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Application-
> > Setup.html#Locales-1>.
> 
> Thanks Ludo, I should have mentioned that I did do that already.  Viz:
> 
> bash-4.2$ echo $LOCPATH
> /home/mec/.guix-profile/lib/locale
> 
> and also:
> 
> bash-4.2$ ls $LOCPATH | grep en_US
> en_US
> en_US.UTF-8
> 
> but still:
> 
> bash-4.2$ guix package -i bedtools
> The following package will be installed:
>    bedtools	2.22.0	/gnu/store/zbwx86lncaa1a9r001lnp3kisxp5jjfh-bedtools-2.22.0
> 
> substitute: warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
> updating list of substitutes from 'http://hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> The following derivations will be built:
>    /gnu/store/s29xhgww0kpgg2202sc04zdxnr662h1n-profile.drv
>    /gnu/store/cxgij61q1b8103vcp3g71cb5h44saslk-info-dir.drv
>    /gnu/store/q6shg82wi1qml95wpgx50lqs4mxanx55-ca-certificate-bundle.drv
>    /gnu/store/v1vy5vbrkwkr4ccskx10rnkp322wvzy0-gtk-icon-themes.drv
> The following file will be downloaded:
>    /gnu/store/zbwx86lncaa1a9r001lnp3kisxp5jjfh-bedtools-2.22.0
> warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
> found valid signature for '/gnu/store/zbwx86lncaa1a9r001lnp3kisxp5jjfh-bedtools-2.22.0', from 'http://hydra.gnu.org/nar/zbwx86lncaa1a9r001lnp3kisxp5jjfh-bedtools-2.22.0'
> downloading `/gnu/store/zbwx86lncaa1a9r001lnp3kisxp5jjfh-bedtools-2.22.0' (2.1 MiB installed)...
> http://hydra.gnu.org/nar/zbwx86lncaa1a9r001lnp3kisxp5jjfh-bedtools-2.22.0	 743.9 KiB transferred (677. KiB/s)
> `/gnu/store/xiiiygcicq5dyzkhg8szybcjbygj1g8r-hicolor-icon-theme-0.12/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme' ~> `/gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme'
> warning: collision encountered: /gnu/store/1qrbdgrk7p6c1z80kz49gj6gsfk444wf-emacs-24.5/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache /gnu/store/4zmkk7mwn4v2iid4nqldlxx9g6nszc5l-dconf-0.22.0/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache 
> warning: arbitrarily choosing /gnu/store/1qrbdgrk7p6c1z80kz49gj6gsfk444wf-emacs-24.5/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
> `/gnu/store/1qrbdgrk7p6c1z80kz49gj6gsfk444wf-emacs-24.5/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache' ~> `/gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache'
> `/gnu/store/xiiiygcicq5dyzkhg8szybcjbygj1g8r-hicolor-icon-theme-0.12/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/emotes' ~> `/gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/emotes'
> ...
> `/gnu/store/1qrbdgrk7p6c1z80kz49gj6gsfk444wf-emacs-24.5/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/emacs.png' ~> `/gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/emacs.png'
> `/gnu/store/4zmkk7mwn4v2iid4nqldlxx9g6nszc5l-dconf-0.22.0/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/dconf-editor.png' ~> `/gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/dconf-editor.png'
> `/gnu/store/xiiiygcicq5dyzkhg8szybcjbygj1g8r-hicolor-icon-theme-0.12/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/stock' ~> `/gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/stock'
> 
> 
> Scores of lines deleted......
> 
> gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
> gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
> gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
> warning: collision encountered: /gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache /gnu/store/1qrbdgrk7p6c1z80kz49gj6gsfk444wf-emacs-24.5/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache /gnu/store/4zmkk7mwn4v2iid4nqldlxx9g6nszc5l-dconf-0.22.0/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache 
> warning: arbitrarily choosing /gnu/store/2lsm61aid4hv02jawvyjmb6s8i31na39-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
> 17 packages in profile
> 
> 
> 
> Any ideas for me?
> 
> > 
> > I’ve added a cross-ref to that section from “Binary Installation”.
> 
> Appreciated.  I did miss it for a while, but do have it now.
> 
> ~Malcolm
> 

-- 

Re: warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument

[Ludovic Courtès]

"Cook, Malcolm" <MEC@stowers.org> skribis:

>> "Cook, Malcolm" <MEC@stowers.org> skribis:
>> 
>> > With each call to guix I get
>> >
>> > 	warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
>> 
>> See
>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Application-
>> Setup.html#Locales-1>.
>
> Thanks Ludo, I should have mentioned that I did do that already.  Viz:

Perfect.

> substitute: warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument

This warning comes from the ‘guix substitute’ command, which is spawned
by ‘guix-daemon’.

So presumably LOCPATH isn’t set in the daemon’s environment (and thus in
the environment of ‘guix substitute’.)

HTH,
Ludo’.

warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument

[jgart]

Hi,

Any idea where this warning may be coming from? Let me know what details I should provide to debug this.

bash_profile? bashrc? I'm on void linux.

Could this be an issue caused by not running nscd properly?

I think this might also be related to the reason why my geiser-guile is not working (geiser-edit-complete-symbol-at-point)

guile: warning: failed to install locale
warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
GNU Guile 3.0.8
Copyright (C) 1995-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Re: warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

jgart <jgart@dismail.de> skribis:

> guile: warning: failed to install locale

This means that data for the locale you chose is cannot be found by the
C library used by Guile.

Typically, one chooses locale data by setting environment variables such
as ‘LC_ALL’ or ‘LANG’.

In Guix, locale data is provided separately from the C library (glibc).
You can either get it from the ‘glibc-locales’ package, which contains
all existing locales, or, on Guix System, you’ll get the locales you
asked for under /run/current-system/locale.

The manual has more details on setting up locales.

HTH!

Ludo’.