On 7/17/05, Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 02:49:57PM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 08:29:46PM +0200, Vegard|drageV wrote: > > > I'm trying to install a program using apt-get, and I'm getting an > > > errormessage wich I do not understand. At the moment the bash language > > > is set to norwegian, and I wish to temporarily to set the language to > > > english so I can post the errormessage here on the list. How do I do > > > this? > > > > First let's get some terminology. The 'bash language' is > > better known as the 'locale', which combines all of the > > various language settings from a different geographic area: > > the language, character encoding, etc. To change your > > locale, run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales'. > > > > However, you should be able to email us the contents of any > > apt-get error message, just by pasting it into your email > > client. That doesn't work for you? > > > > If you're using vim, you could also output the error message > > directly into the editor within command mode like so: > > > > :r !apt-get [whatever you told apt-get to do] > > > > I'm an English only person, so I have no experience with the > extent of the localization of various packages in Debian, but > is it possible that the error message that is troubling OP > is coming out in Norwegian? If it is, the level of understanding > of that message on this list will be somewhat limited. > > -- > Paul E Condon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sorry for not being clear of what is the problem... The errormessage itself behaves correclty, but it is written in norwegian wich is not understood by most debian-user readersm therefor I needed to get the message in english to post it here.
The hints I got worked, thanks for the help, Greetings, Vegard
