apt-get output all in Chinese

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I did this:
sudo apt-get install task-chinese-s-desktop
to get a Mandarin Chinese desktop environment (I'm learning the language). But I found it so irritating that I did
sudo apt-get remove task-chinese-s-desktop
again. I found that even after removing this, its output is in Chinese still:
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
æ£在读å–软件包列表... 完æˆÂ
æ£在分æžÂ软件包的ä¾Â赖关系树
æ£在读å–状æ€Âä¿¡æ¯... 完æˆÂ
å‡级了 0 个软件包,新安装了 0 个软件包,è¦Âå¸载 0 个软件包,有 8 个软件包未被å‡级。
Why is this happening? What determines what language this program is in? If it matters, I'm on Linux Mint.
In case this provides anyone with a clue: I upgraded the initramfs (unrelated to this issue, I just have a habit of making sure my packages are up-to-date). I got this warning:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-21-generic
Warning: No support for locale: zh_CN.utf8
It's not $LANG
:
$ echo $LANG
en_GB.UTF-8
debian locale
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I did this:
sudo apt-get install task-chinese-s-desktop
to get a Mandarin Chinese desktop environment (I'm learning the language). But I found it so irritating that I did
sudo apt-get remove task-chinese-s-desktop
again. I found that even after removing this, its output is in Chinese still:
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
æ£在读å–软件包列表... 完æˆÂ
æ£在分æžÂ软件包的ä¾Â赖关系树
æ£在读å–状æ€Âä¿¡æ¯... 完æˆÂ
å‡级了 0 个软件包,新安装了 0 个软件包,è¦Âå¸载 0 个软件包,有 8 个软件包未被å‡级。
Why is this happening? What determines what language this program is in? If it matters, I'm on Linux Mint.
In case this provides anyone with a clue: I upgraded the initramfs (unrelated to this issue, I just have a habit of making sure my packages are up-to-date). I got this warning:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-21-generic
Warning: No support for locale: zh_CN.utf8
It's not $LANG
:
$ echo $LANG
en_GB.UTF-8
debian locale
Look in /etc/default/locale to see if it has changed your locale.
– arochester
Oct 28 '17 at 9:18
@arochester That did the trick. It had zh_CN all over which I changed to en_GB. Question is then, why did I spot that when I didecho $LANG
? Anyway, if you post that as an answer I will happily accept it.
– Wilson
Oct 28 '17 at 9:36
typinglocale
gives all environment variables related to language. Notice there are also LANGUAGE and LC_ALL.
– A.B
Oct 28 '17 at 18:34
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I did this:
sudo apt-get install task-chinese-s-desktop
to get a Mandarin Chinese desktop environment (I'm learning the language). But I found it so irritating that I did
sudo apt-get remove task-chinese-s-desktop
again. I found that even after removing this, its output is in Chinese still:
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
æ£在读å–软件包列表... 完æˆÂ
æ£在分æžÂ软件包的ä¾Â赖关系树
æ£在读å–状æ€Âä¿¡æ¯... 完æˆÂ
å‡级了 0 个软件包,新安装了 0 个软件包,è¦Âå¸载 0 个软件包,有 8 个软件包未被å‡级。
Why is this happening? What determines what language this program is in? If it matters, I'm on Linux Mint.
In case this provides anyone with a clue: I upgraded the initramfs (unrelated to this issue, I just have a habit of making sure my packages are up-to-date). I got this warning:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-21-generic
Warning: No support for locale: zh_CN.utf8
It's not $LANG
:
$ echo $LANG
en_GB.UTF-8
debian locale
I did this:
sudo apt-get install task-chinese-s-desktop
to get a Mandarin Chinese desktop environment (I'm learning the language). But I found it so irritating that I did
sudo apt-get remove task-chinese-s-desktop
again. I found that even after removing this, its output is in Chinese still:
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
æ£在读å–软件包列表... 完æˆÂ
æ£在分æžÂ软件包的ä¾Â赖关系树
æ£在读å–状æ€Âä¿¡æ¯... 完æˆÂ
å‡级了 0 个软件包,新安装了 0 个软件包,è¦Âå¸载 0 个软件包,有 8 个软件包未被å‡级。
Why is this happening? What determines what language this program is in? If it matters, I'm on Linux Mint.
In case this provides anyone with a clue: I upgraded the initramfs (unrelated to this issue, I just have a habit of making sure my packages are up-to-date). I got this warning:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-21-generic
Warning: No support for locale: zh_CN.utf8
It's not $LANG
:
$ echo $LANG
en_GB.UTF-8
debian locale
edited Oct 28 '17 at 9:04
asked Oct 28 '17 at 8:59
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Look in /etc/default/locale to see if it has changed your locale.
– arochester
Oct 28 '17 at 9:18
@arochester That did the trick. It had zh_CN all over which I changed to en_GB. Question is then, why did I spot that when I didecho $LANG
? Anyway, if you post that as an answer I will happily accept it.
– Wilson
Oct 28 '17 at 9:36
typinglocale
gives all environment variables related to language. Notice there are also LANGUAGE and LC_ALL.
– A.B
Oct 28 '17 at 18:34
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Look in /etc/default/locale to see if it has changed your locale.
– arochester
Oct 28 '17 at 9:18
@arochester That did the trick. It had zh_CN all over which I changed to en_GB. Question is then, why did I spot that when I didecho $LANG
? Anyway, if you post that as an answer I will happily accept it.
– Wilson
Oct 28 '17 at 9:36
typinglocale
gives all environment variables related to language. Notice there are also LANGUAGE and LC_ALL.
– A.B
Oct 28 '17 at 18:34
Look in /etc/default/locale to see if it has changed your locale.
– arochester
Oct 28 '17 at 9:18
Look in /etc/default/locale to see if it has changed your locale.
– arochester
Oct 28 '17 at 9:18
@arochester That did the trick. It had zh_CN all over which I changed to en_GB. Question is then, why did I spot that when I did
echo $LANG
? Anyway, if you post that as an answer I will happily accept it.– Wilson
Oct 28 '17 at 9:36
@arochester That did the trick. It had zh_CN all over which I changed to en_GB. Question is then, why did I spot that when I did
echo $LANG
? Anyway, if you post that as an answer I will happily accept it.– Wilson
Oct 28 '17 at 9:36
typing
locale
gives all environment variables related to language. Notice there are also LANGUAGE and LC_ALL.– A.B
Oct 28 '17 at 18:34
typing
locale
gives all environment variables related to language. Notice there are also LANGUAGE and LC_ALL.– A.B
Oct 28 '17 at 18:34
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From the terminal run:
export LC_ALL=C
then :
locale-gen "en_GB.UTF-8"
dpkg-reconfigure locales
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From the terminal run:
export LC_ALL=C
then :
locale-gen "en_GB.UTF-8"
dpkg-reconfigure locales
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From the terminal run:
export LC_ALL=C
then :
locale-gen "en_GB.UTF-8"
dpkg-reconfigure locales
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From the terminal run:
export LC_ALL=C
then :
locale-gen "en_GB.UTF-8"
dpkg-reconfigure locales
From the terminal run:
export LC_ALL=C
then :
locale-gen "en_GB.UTF-8"
dpkg-reconfigure locales
answered Oct 28 '17 at 9:54
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Look in /etc/default/locale to see if it has changed your locale.
– arochester
Oct 28 '17 at 9:18
@arochester That did the trick. It had zh_CN all over which I changed to en_GB. Question is then, why did I spot that when I did
echo $LANG
? Anyway, if you post that as an answer I will happily accept it.– Wilson
Oct 28 '17 at 9:36
typing
locale
gives all environment variables related to language. Notice there are also LANGUAGE and LC_ALL.– A.B
Oct 28 '17 at 18:34