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Warning: No Support for locale: nl_NL.utf8

Post by bartgrefte »

Not sure which subforum to use, hope this topic fits in Software & Applications :)

Got a little annoyance with Mint, that keeps coming back no matter which version I try.

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-******-generic
Warning: No Support for locale: nl_NL.utf8


So far sudo locale-gen --purge --no-archive seems to solve it, but with every Mint version I try, this error keeps coming back, with clean installs.

Can someone explain why?

Not sure if it matters, but the language I'm using is Dutch, the same as in the warning.
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Re: Warning: No Support for locale: nl_NL.utf8

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Not specific to your language, and it is harmless. See some details here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=111527
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Re: Warning: No Support for locale: nl_NL.utf8

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Hmm, if this "problem" is already known, then why isn't it being fixed?

Can't "sudo locale-gen --purge --no-archive" be added to a script that runs during/after the Mint installer?
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Re: Warning: No Support for locale: nl_NL.utf8

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It's a warning; not an error. It's preferred to have locale in an archive instead of as single files, hence running "sudo locale-gen --purge --no-archive" isn't done by default (see manpage for what actually this command does). The workaround for not getting this warning would alter how your system locale files are organized.
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