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Locale

check

locale
cat /etc/default/locale
cat /etc/locale.gen
cat /etc/locale.conf
echo $LANG

generate and set default locale

dpkg-reconfigure locales

generate locales

sudo nano /etc/locale.gen              # check if "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" is uncommmented

sudo locale-gen                        # generate locales

sudo update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
cat /etc/default/locale