The problem is, that you need to configure the fr_FR.ISO-8859-1 locale on your system (additionally to the UTF-8 variant), so that gettext can use it.
You can do so with: sudo locale-gen fr_FR.ISO-8859-1 I'll add a paragraph about this to README.locales. ** Changed in: squirrelmail (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Assignee: (unassigned) => Daniel Hahler (blueyed) Status: New => In Progress -- Setting Squirrelmail in French https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133845 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs