locale on linux

first check what's set: sudo locale 
second create the missing one with: sudo locale-gen "en_US.UTF-8"
third: sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/162391/how-do-i-fix-my-locale-issue

Also, if you have issues to use german Umlaute (äüöÄÜÖß) which is not show in the colsole, try to edit /etc/inputrc





# Turns off 8th bit stripping
set convert-meta Off

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