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Perl Locale Issues
Introduction
Perl is great. However, error messages are not something we enjoy. If your environment variables are misconfigured or nothing is defined at the system level, you may encounter problems when launching Perl.
Problem
Here is what you might encounter when launching Perl:
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Solution
Debian
- To solve the problem, make sure that “fr_FR@euro” is included in your system locales:
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- If it still doesn’t work, here’s what you can do:
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When it asks for the default locale, set it to “none”.
- Then, for your shell, you need to set some minimum configuration:
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Ubuntu
Solution 1
Execute this command:
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Solution 2
Add this to the file /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local
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For the rest, follow the Debian method described above.
Last updated 19 Nov 2008, 07:14 +0200.