'How to fix 'character map file `UTF-8' not found'
I'm setting up a UBI rhel8 container. I need to execute this command:
localedef -f UTF-8 -i en_US en_US.UTF-8
which failed with:
character map file `UTF-8' not found: No such file or directory
cannot read character map directory `/usr/share/i18n/charmaps': No such file or directory
Solution 1:[1]
You need to install these packages
yum -y install glibc-locale-source glibc-langpack-en
and then re-run localedef command
Solution 2:[2]
On Debian/Ubuntu, I was able to solve this via apt install locales.
Solution 3:[3]
I ran into this same symptom (locale-gen can't find charmap files) after upgrading from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 in WSL 1. The problem is that there is a bug in WSL 1 that prevents gunzip from running. This is a problem for locale-gen because, at least in Ubuntu 22.04, the charmap files in /usr/share/i18n/charmaps are stored in GZip *.gz format. Apparently, locale-gen depends on gunzip to unzip the charmap files, and when it can't run it, it is stuck.
The solution was
- copy UTF-8.gz to the Windows filesystem
- unzip it to UTF-8 with a Windows tool (such as 7-zip)
- copy UTF-8 back to /usr/share/i18n/charmaps
Then locale-gen worked correctly.
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| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | Mina Alber |
| Solution 2 | Tobias J |
| Solution 3 | Josh |