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I just did a clean install of ananconda 2.0 (python 3.4) on my mac osx after uninstalling the previous version of anaconda. I used the graphical installer but the launcher is missing in the ~/anaconda directory.

I tried running spyder and ipython from the terminal but i got long error messages that ended with: ValueError: unknown locale: UTF-8

I am a newbie to python programming and this is quite unnerving for me. I have gone through related answers but I still need help.

Guys, please kindly point me in the right direction.

Thanks.

Dr_Denzy
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  • Possible duplicate of [IPython Notebook locale error](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15526996/ipython-notebook-locale-error) – tacaswell Mar 19 '16 at 00:02

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You have two problems here:

  1. The Anaconda launcher haven't been ported to Python 3 yet, so that's why you can't find it.

  2. To fix the ValueError: unknown locale: UTF-8 problem, you need to:

    • Open a terminal

    • Write this command on it

      nano ~/.bashrc (nano is terminal-based editor)

    • Paste this text in nano:

      export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

      export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8

    • Hit these keys to save: Ctrl+O+Enter, then Ctrl+X to exit.

    • Close that terminal, open a new one and try to start spyder. Everything should be fixed now.

Carlos Cordoba
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