Comment 9 for bug 156913

Bertilo wrote:
> Donald Rogers:
>
> > Synaptic reinstalled language-pack-eo, but that made no noticeable
> > difference. /usr/lib/locale/eo_XX.utf8 is not in the list of installed
> > files.
>
> > With the other command I got the same messages as Joey got:
>
> > $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
> > [sudo] password for donald:
> > Generating locales...
> > en_AU.UTF-8... done
> > etc
> > en_ZW.UTF-8... done
> > eo_XX.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `eo_XX': No such
> > file or directory
> > failed
> > Generation complete.
>
> Strange. I just did:
>
> sudo apt-get purge language-pack-eo
>
> That removed all those files. Then I did:
>
> sudo apt-get install language-pack-eo
>
> I got:
>
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
> required:
> libqof1 libgda2-3 libgda2-common
> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> language-pack-eo-base
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> language-pack-eo language-pack-eo-base
> 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/335kB of archives.
> After unpacking 1290kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
> Selecting previously deselected package language-pack-eo-base.
> (Reading database ... 157370 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking language-pack-eo-base (from
> .../language-pack-eo-base_1%3a7.10+20071012_all.deb) ...
> Selecting previously deselected package language-pack-eo.
> Unpacking language-pack-eo (from
> .../language-pack-eo_1%3a7.10+20071012_all.deb) ...
> Setting up language-pack-eo (1:7.10+20071012) ...
> Setting up language-pack-eo-base (1:7.10+20071012) ...
> Generating locales...
> eo_XX.UTF-8... done
> Generation complete.
>
> And the Esperanto locale files reappeared.
>
> I'm on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gusty Gibbon).
>
>
I tried what you did but I got:

$ sudo apt-get install language-pack-eo
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  language-pack-eo-base
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  language-pack-eo language-pack-eo-base
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/335kB of archives.
After unpacking 1290kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  language-pack-eo-base language-pack-eo
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Selecting previously deselected package language-pack-eo-base.
(Reading database ... 104807 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking language-pack-eo-base (from
.../language-pack-eo-base_1%3a7.10+20071012_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package language-pack-eo.
Unpacking language-pack-eo (from
.../language-pack-eo_1%3a7.10+20071012_all.deb) ...
Setting up language-pack-eo (1:7.10+20071012) ...
Setting up language-pack-eo-base (1:7.10+20071012) ...
Generating locales...
  eo_XX.UTF-8... cannot open locale definition file `eo_XX': No such
file or directory
failed
Generation complete.
 * Reloading GNOME Display Manager
configuration...
* Changes will take effect when all current X sessions have ended.

[ OK ]

Donald