On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:55:49PM +0100, Jeff Elkins wrote: > Knoppix HD install apparently thinks I'm German. At any rate, ispell wants to > use the German dictionary. > > How can I fix the default locale to be US?
I'm not sure if this is an ispell thing or a locale thing; however, this is how I installed locales. modified from: http://xtrinsic.com/geek/articles/language.phtml (installation instructions for a search engine) Installing locales You need to make sure the right locale (think language pack) is installed for each language you want to search. Here's a quick checklist that will work on debian servers. With slight modifications you can use it on other servers as well. locale -a shows all installed locales. Check to see if your locale is listed. If you get an error message saying something to the effect of "command not found" when you type locale -a you need to install locales. apt-get install locales Once you've installed locales you'll need to configure them. dpkg-reconfigure locales select the locales you'd like to install leave the default system environment as C unless you'd like to really erk your sys admin....in which case change it to some foreign language and watch the sparks fly. :) when the program exits it should "Generate locales." Mine looks like this: Generating locales... en_CA.ISO-8859-1... done en_US.UTF-8... done fr_CA.ISO-8859-1... done Generation complete. when you get your prompt back confirm your locales were properly built by typing: locale-gen Check to see if the locale is installed with locale -a. If it's not, repeat the steps above and cross your fingers harder. You may also want to upgrade your locales as a troubleshooting technique. If you're running Woody + stable you should have no problems. To finish installing on Sid you need to compile the locale definitions file manually (for each locale). I used this: localedef -v -c -i fr_CA -f UTF-8 /usr/lib/locale/fr_CA (man localedef to see what all the options are) NOW you should have the character maps. Repeat these steps for EACH language. g'luck! emma :) -- Emma Jane Hogbin [[ 416 417 2868 ][ www.xtrinsic.com ]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
