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locales are used for localization of a Linux system, e.g. to adjust language and keyboard settings.

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Unable to reconfigure locale in raspberry pi

When I boot pi it it throws the following warnings: -bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8) -bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8) ->bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change…
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locale settings Issues

I'm trying to connect to psql using the below command but receiving message about unset local setting how could one solve it. pi@raspberrypi ~/develop/radar $ psql -U postgres perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please…
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tmux over SSH: locale problem

I ssh to my Raspberry Pi running Raspian from my mac and try to run tmux, but I'm getting this error: tmux: need UTF-8 locale (LC_CTYPE) but have ANSI_X3.4-1968 As suggested elsewhere, I commented # SendEnv LANG LC_* in /etc/ssh/ssh_config on my…
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Is it possible to produce a pipe "|" with a US keyboard and the vanilla Raspbian?

I am developing a replacement for the /sbin/init process that will run 1 time and then remove itself from the system. During development I need to be able to do some debugging. I have no SSH (or network, or even systemd for that matter). I cannot…
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reconfigure locale failed

I run sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales via SSH. After selecting I have the error message below $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), …
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How can I change the locale?

I'm having problems displaying some of "special" characters via SSH running Raspbmc, such as the ellipsis ("…") and Asian characters. Both are displayed as "?". I'm not sure if my locale is set up incorrectly. When I first SSHed into the Pi, I…
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How can I turn off Wi-Fi localisation on the Pi 3 B+?

I have the Pi 3 B+ and wanted to know if there was any way to turn of the need for the Wi-Fi localisation as when travelling around different countries and using my Pi as an access point I have keep changing it, whereas on the old Pi 3 B there was…
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how to make browser display chinese characters properly

I am using raspberry pi 3. I am using the default browser for testing. I have added a new language under preferences and set to Chinese(China). When I visit a Django website that has localization turned on, the chinese characters show up as weird…
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Locale won't change

I have a fresh install of raspbian, and the keyboard is stuck on british. I saw some online tutorials for changing my keyboard settings, but they never seem to take effect. http://rohankapoor.com/2012/04/americanizing-the-raspberry-pi/ I have…
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Locale errors when installing packages

I'm trying to install some packages like Zeroconf and TightVNC. Install seems to go fine but each time I get a notice like this in Terminal: locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to…
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Shell and ssh locale issues on Raspbian

I'm trying to configure my Raspbian to support console output in my native language (Polish). After updating my locale preferences (I chose pl_PL.UTF-8 as my default locale), I ran a test - I typed some non-ASCII characters needed to represent…
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Web Browser keywords to automaticly redirect to local websites?

I have set up a website on my raspberry pi for our local network. My parents are gonna be using it too so I want when they type for example "picam" in the browser that they get directed to the IP address. Our router is a Fritz! Box 4040 DH and a…
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Change default en_GB to en_US (cannot type a pipe key)

Running localectl status I see that my locale is LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 bla bla bla I'm trying to pipe ls output to more (ls --help | more) but the when I use the pipe key I get some another character. (Pipe is shift back slash, above the enter key on…
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How to change the keyboard layout console-only

How can I change the keyboard layout from default (GB? US?) to anything else? I tried various methods from posts related to debian but these fail. Installing and executing raspi-config does not help.
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Cannot display gpio documentation over "man gpio" command

I would like to configure my gpio pins, but I cannot dipslay documentation over man gpio command. This is the result of command: man: can't set the locale; make sure $LC_* and $LANG are correct No manual entry for gpio See 'man 7 undocumented' for…
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