[Bug 322164] [NEW] You have to configure "localepurge" with the command dpkg-reconfigure localepurge to make /usr/sbin/localepurge actually start to function.

[Niloc Deeps]

Public bug reported:

When I try to in stall something (for example splashy-themes) this is
what happens:

Setting up splashy-themes (0.4.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic

    You have to configure "localepurge" with the command

        dpkg-reconfigure localepurge

    to make /usr/sbin/localepurge actually start to function.

    Nothing to be done, exiting ...


when I do "dpkg-reconfigure localepurge" I get to a screen that says " Configuring localepurge" rather than " REconfiguring". When I choose "en" I get another screen that says:


┌──────────────────────┤ Configuring localepurge ├──────────────────────┐
 │                                                                       │ 
 │ You chose not to keep any locales. This means that all locales will   │ 
 │ be removed from your system. Are you sure this really is what you     │ 
 │ want?                                                                 │ 
 │                                                                       │ 
 │ Really remove all locales?                                            │ 
 │                                                                       │ 
 │                   <Yes>                      <No>                     │ 
 │                                                                 

I choose "no" as I think this is wrong! I then get :


┌─────────────────────┤ Configuring localepurge ├──────────────────────┐
  │                                                                      │ 
  │ localepurge will not take any action                                 │ 
  │                                                                      │ 
  │ localepurge will not be useful until you successfully configure it   │ 
  │ with the command "dpkg-reconfigure localepurge". The configured      │ 
  │ entries from /etc/locale.gen of the locales package will then be     │ 
  │ automagically preselected.                                           │ 
  │                                                                      │ 
  │                                <Ok>                                  │ 
  │                                                                      

Which is what I wanted to do in the first place.

lsb release Ubuntu 8.10

apt-cache policy packagename - colin at colin:/etc$ apt-cache policy packagename
W: Unable to locate package packagename


Any ideas welcome
Thanks in advance
Colin

** Affects: localepurge (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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You have to configure "localepurge" with the command          dpkg-reconfigure localepurge      to make /usr/sbin/localepurge actually start to function. 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322164
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