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The file /etc/locale.gen does not exist on my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, how can I add a new locale the right way ?

SebMa
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    +1 This is true. /etc/locale.gen is first used in 16.04 LTS and that is not used in 14.04 LTS. –  Feb 09 '19 at 15:19
  • For desktop, the recommended way to add locale is from Settings > Language Support. Else for server, refer to the linked possible duplicate. –  Feb 09 '19 at 15:30
  • @clearkimura: No it's not. It's the very same command as for server. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Feb 09 '19 at 18:17

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To add a new locale, you have to add it to /etc/locale.gen, save the file and run following command:

sudo locale-gen

But it is really strange, that this file is missing on your system.

Add this for American-English:

en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
Dominik K
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/etc/locale.gen contains all local settings and system languages in a commented format.

To add /etc/locale.gen the right way, run the command 

$ sudo apt install locale-gen --reinstall

The output would be 

$ sudo apt install locales --reinstall
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Need to get 3,612 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 locales all 2.27-3ubuntu1 [3,612 kB]
  Fetched 3,612 kB in 17s (213 kB/s)                                                                                                                                                           
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  (Reading database ... 264543 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../locales_2.27-3ubuntu1_all.deb ...
  Unpacking locales (2.27-3ubuntu1) over (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
  Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
  Setting up locales (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
  Generating locales (this might take a while)...
  en_AG.UTF-8... done
  en_AU.UTF-8... done
  en_BW.UTF-8... done
  en_CA.UTF-8... done
  en_DK.UTF-8... done
  en_GB.UTF-8... done
  en_HK.UTF-8... done
  en_IE.UTF-8... done
  en_IL.UTF-8... done
  en_IN.UTF-8... done
  en_NG.UTF-8... done
  en_NZ.UTF-8... done
  en_PH.UTF-8... done
  en_SG.UTF-8... done
  en_US.UTF-8... done
  en_ZA.UTF-8... done
  en_ZM.UTF-8... done
  en_ZW.UTF-8... done
  Generation complete.

For more information - https://renenyffenegger.ch/notes/Linux/locale

vipulgupta2048
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