Ble.sh: Getting >>> -bash: warning: setlocale: LC_CTYPE: cannot change locale

[3ximus]

Hi there, I'm getting this error on a new server. It shows up bunch of times, simply by opening the shell through ssh and at every key press:

Apparently I have LANG set to en_US.UTF-8 and LC_CTYPE set to pt_PT.UTF-8 and I can fix the issue by putting export LC_TYPE=en_US.UTF-8 inside my .bash_profile or .bashrc .

However I'm wondering if that message couldn't just be ignored since default bash seems to work fine under the same conditions.

Cheers

[akinomyoga]

Thank you for the report again! and sorry for the late reply.

These error messages typically occur when the locale is not installed on the system. I added workarounds for these error messages in the commit 4d3c595.

BTW, the list of locales installed in the system can be checked by locale -a.

$ locale -a

The way to install a specific locale depends on the system.

[3ximus]

Yeah, got it ! I guess I didn't have the pt_PT.UTF-8 which its expecting. Maybe its being sent by the ssh connection from my computer... Either way I don't use it so thank you, the problem's fixed :+1:

[akinomyoga]

OK!

Maybe its being sent by the ssh connection from my computer...

Oh, I see. I haven't thought about that case! Yes, ssh transfers environment variables like TERM, LANG, and LC_* (depending on the ssh config SendEnv/AcceptEnv), so it is possible that the local locale setting causes problems in the host. Thank you!