Setting LANG env on Ubuntu

[Shachar Shemesh]

David Harel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use Ubuntu Jaunty release 9.04.
> On my last attempt to update openoffice to 3.1 (from repository: 
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ppa/ubuntu) I noticed that 
> openoffice can't do Hebrew file names anymore. I also got some 
> warnings from other tools such as digikam regarding locale settings.
> Digging into this problem I noticed that my LANG env is set to "C":
> $ echo $LANG
> C
>
> When I set it to: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 , both openoffice and digikam were 
> fine.
> I also noticed that when I login on text mode (such as ssh localhost) 
> I get the LANG settings as expected: en_US.UTF-8
>
> Also I just tried to update my system  and I tried to remove all my 
> dot files and I tried to switch from xfce4 to Gnome but nothing seems 
> to resolve this problem.
> Any idea?
I don't know about Ubuntu, but in Debian these variables are set either 
in /etc/default/locale or /etc/environment. Also, the "official" way of 
changing those is by doing "dpkg-reconfigure locales" as root.

Hope this helped.

Shachar

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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
http://www.lingnu.com

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