Re: Locale requirements for GnuCash

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

David Goodenough (<david.goodenough@btconnect.com>) wrote:

> I am trying to run GnuCash, and it keeps complaining when I start it
> 
> Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
> 
> I ran dpkg-reconfigure locales and selected en_GB and en_GB.utf8
> but I still get the error message.
> 
> The only effect of this error seems to be that GnuCash does not
> know that the currency symbol should be £ and uses the letters
> GBP instead which is fine, but makes invoices look a bit odd.
> 
> Anyone know how to fix this?

Just a guess: did you log out and in again after changing the locale
settings?

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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