recommended locale not supported ubuntu focal

[Simon Leary]

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place for installation questions, let me know if it isn't.

I'm following the globus connect server install guide, and it says:

> For RedHat, CentOS, and Fedora systems, you can use the en_US.UTF-8 locale, and for Debian and Ubuntu systems, you can use the C.UTF-8 locale.

I'm using ubuntu, but `locale-gen C.UTF-8` comes back with `Error: 'C.UTF-8' is not a supported language or locale`.

And `dpkg-reconfigure locales` takes me to a TUI where I can scroll through a long list of region specific locales built into ubuntu, and C.UTF8 isn't one of them.

Am I doing something wrong? Can I use `en_US.UTF8` for Ubuntu?

Simon

[Karl Kornel]

Hi Simon,

 

en_US.utf8 should be fine, but here’s something you can check: Does C.UTF-8 appear in the output of `locale -a`?  I had an Ubuntu 16.04 VM, which has C.UTF-8 listed.

 

I did some searching around, and I think that `locale-gen` won’t recognize C.UTF-8 because a Debian/Ubuntu system ships with C.UTF-8 already built and ready to use, and the other (non-C) locales might need to be built (with `locale-gen`).  As for why `dpkg-reconfigure locales` doesn’t show C.UTF-8, that might be because C.UTF-8 is meant to be a minimal locale with UTF-8 support, and shouldn’t be used by users directly.

 

So it would be interesting to check if `locale -a` includes C.UTF-8 on your system!

 

~ Karl

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