Re: set language in bash
On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 02:49:57PM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 08:29:46PM +0200, Vegard|drageV wrote:
> > I'm trying to install a program using apt-get, and I'm getting an
> > errormessage wich I do not understand. At the moment the bash language
> > is set to norwegian, and I wish to temporarily to set the language to
> > english so I can post the errormessage here on the list. How do I do
> > this?
>
> First let's get some terminology. The 'bash language' is
> better known as the 'locale', which combines all of the
> various language settings from a different geographic area:
> the language, character encoding, etc. To change your
> locale, run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales'.
>
> However, you should be able to email us the contents of any
> apt-get error message, just by pasting it into your email
> client. That doesn't work for you?
>
> If you're using vim, you could also output the error message
> directly into the editor within command mode like so:
>
> :r !apt-get [whatever you told apt-get to do]
>
I'm an English only person, so I have no experience with the
extent of the localization of various packages in Debian, but
is it possible that the error message that is troubling OP
is coming out in Norwegian? If it is, the level of understanding
of that message on this list will be somewhat limited.
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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