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== Troubleshooting when using nix on non-NixOS linux distributions == | == Troubleshooting when using nix on non-NixOS linux distributions == | ||
| − | You may need to set the environmental variable | + | You may need to set the environmental variable LOCALE_ARCHIVE to point to your system's locale-archive. The following can be added to your .zshenv (zsh) or .profile (bash) and applies to Debian, Red Hat, and Arch derivatives: |
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash> | <syntaxhighlight lang=bash> | ||
export LOCALE_ARCHIVE=/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive | export LOCALE_ARCHIVE=/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
| + | |||
| + | And if that file from the local system is somehow broken: | ||
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| + | <syntaxhighlight lang=bash> | ||
| + | # May require a one-time installation with: nix-env -iA nixpkgs.glibcLocales | ||
| + | export LOCALE_ARCHIVE="$(nix-env --installed --no-name --out-path --query glibc-locales)/lib/locale/locale-archive" | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Enable locale support in Nix shell == | ||
| + | |||
| + | To support locales within a Nix shell, for example to get localised command output, you need to do something similar: | ||
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| + | <syntaxhighlight lang=bash> | ||
| + | pkgs.mkShell { | ||
| + | # [other code omitted] | ||
| + | LOCALE_ARCHIVE = "${pkgs.glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive"; | ||
| + | } | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
Latest revision as of 11:02, 6 April 2024
Troubleshooting when using nix on non-NixOS linux distributions
You may need to set the environmental variable LOCALE_ARCHIVE to point to your system's locale-archive. The following can be added to your .zshenv (zsh) or .profile (bash) and applies to Debian, Red Hat, and Arch derivatives:
export LOCALE_ARCHIVE=/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
And if that file from the local system is somehow broken:
# May require a one-time installation with: nix-env -iA nixpkgs.glibcLocales
export LOCALE_ARCHIVE="$(nix-env --installed --no-name --out-path --query glibc-locales)/lib/locale/locale-archive"
Enable locale support in Nix shell
To support locales within a Nix shell, for example to get localised command output, you need to do something similar:
pkgs.mkShell {
# [other code omitted]
LOCALE_ARCHIVE = "${pkgs.glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive";
}