Category: Linux

Ubuntu Reconfigure Locale

When the default locale is not setup properly, following warning displayed in the ubuntu terminal

perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
	LANGUAGE = (unset),
	LC_ALL = (unset),
	LC_CTYPE = "en_AU.UTF-8",
	LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
    are supported and installed on your system.


locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory

To setup locale

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
sudo locale-gen

Install zsh

apt install zsh
chsh -s /bin/zsh root
chsh -s /bin/zsh {username}

exit and login again

Go to oh-my-zsh website

Install on-my-zsh by following

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

change themes in ~/.zshrc, e.g. philips, or schminitz