---
title: "Proxmox setting locale failed"
url: https://michalasobczak.pl/posts/proxmox-setting-locale-failed.html
author: "Michał Sobczak"
description: "If you log in to Proxmox’s shell and see error stating that “setting locale failed“, then execute the following command to get rid of that message: Not quite sure why it happens, but I see it almost all the time."
published: 2022-09-09T12:00:24.000Z
updated: 2022-09-09T12:01:45.000Z
language: en
categories: ["Technology"]
tags: ["Proxmox"]
license: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
---
# Proxmox setting locale failed

If you log in to Proxmox’s shell and see error stating that “*setting locale failed*“, then execute the following command to get rid of that message:

```text
dpkg-reconfigure locales
```

Not quite sure why it happens, but I see it almost all the time.