BadValue Invalid or no user locale set. Please ensure LANG and/or LC_* environment variables are set correctly

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When I run mongo, I get the warning:

Failed global initialization: BadValue Invalid or no user locale set. Please ensure LANG and/or LC_* environment variables are set correctly.

score 357 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 20 '14 at 11:38

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you can use the below command on terminal

export LC_ALL=C

edited Nov 20 '14 at 11:38

Ademir Mazer Jr - Nuno

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answered Oct 24 '14 at 16:21

Edson

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To have it in all seasons : echo "export LC_ALL=C" >> ~/.bashrc – benek Jun 28 '16 at 10:32
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Only execute on your terminal. not server – lingyfh Jul 14 '16 at 09:51
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This way just for current seesion, Just for one time, Not for forever! – GeekHades Jan 13 '17 at 07:15
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hi, I have accidently downvoted this question and missed it. Now I cannot remove it. It says my vote is locked. I 'am really sorry. If there is any other way, let me know. – Nidhin David Oct 02 '17 at 14:32
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For those wondering: What does “LC_ALL=C” do? https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/87745/what-does-lc-all-c-do – DLight Dec 25 '17 at 17:09

score 85 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 18 '15 at 15:58

Generating locales

Missing locales are generated with locale-gen:

locale-gen en_US.UTF-8

Alternatively a locale file can be created manually with localedef:[1]

localedef -i en_US -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8

Setting Locale Settings

The locale settings can be set (to en_US.UTF-8 in the example) as follows:

export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
dpkg-reconfigure locales

The dpkg-reconfigure locales command will open a dialog under Debian for selecting the desired locale. This dialog will not appear under Ubuntu. The Configure Locales in Ubuntu article shows how to find the information regarding Ubuntu.

This did it for me on a raspberry: sudo localedef -i en_US -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 Thank you!! — Mirko, May 26 '19 at 18:15

score 33 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 16 '16 at 02:37

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vim /etc/default/locale

add to it:

LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"

answered Mar 16 '16 at 02:37

liyuan_t

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The other answers are not permanent solutions. We have to enter those commands each time we connect. Edit that file only once is the perfect solution! Thank you – Damien Romito Jun 29 '16 at 00:47
This is the only permanent solution that worked for me. Definitely deserves more upvotes! – Philipp Jahoda Sep 13 '16 at 10:13
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Worked. Importing thing to note is that you need to logout and login again in order for this to work. – BorisS Mar 08 '17 at 14:43

dimpiax · Answer 4 · 2016-11-17T23:33:11.400

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Amazon Linux AMI

Permanent solution for ohmyzsh:

$ vim ~/.zshrc

Write there below:

export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8

Update changes in current shell by: $ source ~/.zshrc

edited Nov 17 '16 at 23:33

answered Nov 11 '16 at 19:39

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score 24 · Answer 5 · edited Nov 12 '16 at 20:06

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adding the following lines to my /etc/environment file worked

LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
LANG=en_US.UTF-8

edited Nov 12 '16 at 20:06

Fırat Küçük

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answered May 21 '15 at 20:39

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How to save this file? – Habib Dec 27 '18 at 12:29

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 13 '14 at 12:55

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you have to add the missing local lang helper: for me the missing ones where de_LU de_LU.UTF-8 . Mongo 2.6.4 worked wihtout mongo 2.6.5 throw an error on this

answered Oct 13 '14 at 12:55

cwhisperer

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Thanks! http://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Perl_warning_Setting_locale_failed_in_Debian – Majid Zandi Oct 13 '14 at 15:10

BadValue Invalid or no user locale set. Please ensure LANG and/or LC_* environment variables are set correctly

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Amazon Linux AMI

Permanent solution for ohmyzsh:

Linked