Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory

Question

I am seeing this error: "Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory"

It seems to be solved by running:

1. export LC_ALL="C.UTF-8"
2. sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

Streptokinase

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Answer 1

In /etc/locale.gen, uncommenting the line:

en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 then running:

locale-gen

Clackmannan