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Re: LANG=C not English?



Hello Dotan,

Am 2008-03-02 14:57:45, schrieb Dotan Cohen:
> On a Debian-based system (Ubuntu 7.04) running KDE 3.5.8, why would
> the "C" LANG parameter not be English? Lookie here:
> 
> feisty@feisty-laptop:~$ echo $LANG
> he_IL.utf8
> feisty@feisty-laptop:~$ export LANG=C
> feisty@feisty-laptop:~$ echo $LANG
> C
> feisty@feisty-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install kde-core
> [snip]
> You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
> ?????????????? ?????????? ???? ???????????? ?????? ????????:
>   amazonmp3: Depends: libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a ?????? ?????? ???????? ?????????? ?????????? ????????????
>              Depends: libboost-thread1.34.1 ?????? ?????? ???????? ?????????? ????????????
>              Depends: libboost-iostreams1.34.1 ?????? ?????? ???????? ?????????? ????????????
>              Depends: libboost-signals1.34.1 ?????? ?????? ???????? ?????????? ????????????
>              Depends: libboost-date-time1.34.1 ?????? ?????? ???????? ?????????? ????????????
>              Depends: xdg-utils ?????? ?????? ???????? ?????????? ?????????? ????????????
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
> specify a solution).
> feisty@feisty-laptop:~$
> 
> See that Hebrew text? Other applications, such as Thunderbird and
> Gimp, that are run after LANG=C also do not appear in English. Why is
> that, and how to correct it? Thanks in advance.

You need to set

    export LC_MESSAGES=C

too.  X applications use ONLY the LANG or LANGUAGE variable.

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    24V Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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