Seems like the workaround described in #7 is not working, and it's nothing to do with dbconfig-common:
ubuntu@darby:~$ locale
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_NAME=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_ALL=
ubuntu@darby:~$ cat /etc/environment
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games"
ubuntu@darby:~$ locale -a
C
C.UTF-8
en_US.utf8
POSIX
ubuntu@darby:~$ sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libpq5 postgresql-client-9.3 postgresql-client-common postgresql-common
ssl-cert
Suggested packages:
oidentd ident-server locales-all postgresql-doc-9.3 openssl-blacklist
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libpq5 postgresql-9.3 postgresql-client-9.3 postgresql-client-common
postgresql-common ssl-cert
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_TIME = "en_GB.UTF-8",
LC_MONETARY = "en_GB.UTF-8",
LC_ADDRESS = "en_GB.UTF-8", LC_TELEPHONE = "en_GB.UTF-8",
LC_NAME = "en_GB.UTF-8", LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_GB.UTF-8", LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_GB.UTF-8",
LC_NUMERIC = "en_GB.UTF-8",
LC_PAPER = "en_GB.UTF-8",
LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
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update-alternatives: using /usr/share/postgresql/9.3/man/man1/psql.1.gz to provide /usr/share/man/man1/psql.1.gz (psql.1.gz) in auto mode
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locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
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locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
Adding user postgres to group ssl-cert
Creating config file /etc/logrotate.d/postgresql-common with new version
Building PostgreSQL dictionaries from installed myspell/hunspell packages...
Removing obsolete dictionary files:
* No PostgreSQL clusters exist; see "man pg_createcluster"
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Error: The locale requested by the environment is invalid.
Error: could not create default cluster. Please create it manually with
pg_createcluster 9.3 main --start
or a similar command (see 'man pg_createcluster').
update-alternatives: using /usr/share/postgresql/9.3/man/man1/postmaster.1.gz to provide /usr/share/man/man1/postmaster.1.gz (postmaster.1.gz) in auto mode
* No PostgreSQL clusters exist; see "man pg_createcluster"
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.3) ...
Seems like the workaround described in #7 is not working, and it's nothing to do with dbconfig-common:
ubuntu@darby:~$ locale "en_US. UTF-8" en_GB.UTF- 8 "en_US. UTF-8" en_GB.UTF- 8 "en_US. UTF-8" en_GB.UTF- 8 en_GB.UTF- 8 en_GB.UTF- 8 en_GB.UTF- 8 ON=en_GB. UTF-8 usr/local/ sbin:/usr/ local/bin: /usr/sbin: /usr/bin: /sbin:/ bin:/usr/ games:/ usr/local/ games" client- 9.3 postgresql- client- common postgresql-common client- 9.3 postgresql- client- common us.archive. ubuntu. com//ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libpq5 amd64 9.3.5-0ubuntu0. 14.04.1 [80.6 kB] us.archive. ubuntu. com//ubuntu/ trusty/main postgresql- client- common all 154 [25.4 kB] us.archive. ubuntu. com//ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main postgresql- client- 9.3 amd64 9.3.5-0ubuntu0. 14.04.1 [782 kB] us.archive. ubuntu. com//ubuntu/ trusty/main ssl-cert all 1.0.33 [16.6 kB] us.archive. ubuntu. com//ubuntu/ trusty/main postgresql-common all 154 [103 kB] us.archive. ubuntu. com//ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main postgresql-9.3 amd64 9.3.5-0ubuntu0. 14.04.1 [2670 kB]
LC_TELEPHONE = "en_GB.UTF-8",
LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_GB.UTF-8",
LC_IDENTIFICAT ION = "en_GB.UTF-8", 9.3.5-0ubuntu0. 14.04.1_ amd64.deb ... 0ubuntu0. 14.04.1) ... client- common. client- common_ 154_all. deb ... client- common (154) ... client- 9.3. client- 9.3_9.3. 5-0ubuntu0. 14.04.1_ amd64.deb ... client- 9.3 (9.3.5- 0ubuntu0. 14.04.1) ... cert_1. 0.33_all. deb ... common_ 154_all. deb ... pg_config. libpq-dev by postgresql-common' 9.3_9.3. 5-0ubuntu0. 14.04.1_ amd64.deb ... 0ubuntu0. 14.04.1) ... 0ubuntu0. 14.04.1) ... client- common (154) ... client- 9.3 (9.3.5- 0ubuntu0. 14.04.1) ... alternatives: using /usr/share/ postgresql/ 9.3/man/ man1/psql. 1.gz to provide /usr/share/ man/man1/ psql.1. gz (psql.1.gz) in auto mode
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE=
LC_NUMERIC=
LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=
LC_MONETARY=
LC_MESSAGES=
LC_PAPER=
LC_NAME=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=
LC_TELEPHONE=
LC_MEASUREMENT=
LC_IDENTIFICATI
LC_ALL=
ubuntu@darby:~$ cat /etc/environment
PATH="/
ubuntu@darby:~$ locale -a
C
C.UTF-8
en_US.utf8
POSIX
ubuntu@darby:~$ sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libpq5 postgresql-
ssl-cert
Suggested packages:
oidentd ident-server locales-all postgresql-doc-9.3 openssl-blacklist
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libpq5 postgresql-9.3 postgresql-
postgresql-common ssl-cert
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perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_TIME = "en_GB.UTF-8",
LC_MONETARY = "en_GB.UTF-8",
LC_ADDRESS = "en_GB.UTF-8",
LC_NAME = "en_GB.UTF-8",
LC_NUMERIC = "en_GB.UTF-8",
LC_PAPER = "en_GB.UTF-8",
LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
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Setting up postgresql-
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update-
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locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
Setting up postgresql-common (154) ...
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
Adding user postgres to group ssl-cert
Creating config file /etc/logrotate. d/postgresql- common with new version 0ubuntu0. 14.04.1) ...
Building PostgreSQL dictionaries from installed myspell/hunspell packages...
Removing obsolete dictionary files:
* No PostgreSQL clusters exist; see "man pg_createcluster"
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Setting up postgresql-9.3 (9.3.5-
Error: The locale requested by the environment is invalid.
Error: could not create default cluster. Please create it manually with
pg_createcluster 9.3 main --start
or a similar command (see 'man pg_createcluster'). alternatives: using /usr/share/ postgresql/ 9.3/man/ man1/postmaster .1.gz to provide /usr/share/ man/man1/ postmaster. 1.gz (postmaster.1.gz) in auto mode
update-
* No PostgreSQL clusters exist; see "man pg_createcluster"
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