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[GH-ISSUE #211] Asciinema refuses to run due to wrong locale when installed with Snap on Ubuntu 16.04. #770

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opened 2026-03-15 10:15:37 +03:00 by kerem · 7 comments

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2026-03-15 10:15:37 +03:00

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Originally created by @ivanperez-keera on GitHub (May 31, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/issues/211

Hi!

First of all, thanks for this software. It's cool!

I just installed the snap package on Ubuntu and I can't run it.

ivan@keera-studios-ubuntu:~$ snap run asciinema --help
asciinema needs a UTF-8 native locale to run. Check the output of `locale` command.

I know this may be a problem with my setup, or with snap but, if an extra step needs to be carried out, it would be great to document it too.

For info:

ivan@keera-studios-ubuntu:~$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en
LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8
ivan@keera-studios-ubuntu:~$ snap run locale 
error: cannot find current revision for snap locale: readlink /snap/locale/current: no such file or directory

Cheers!

Originally created by @ivanperez-keera on GitHub (May 31, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/issues/211 Hi! First of all, thanks for this software. It's cool! I just installed the snap package on Ubuntu and I can't run it. ``` ivan@keera-studios-ubuntu:~$ snap run asciinema --help asciinema needs a UTF-8 native locale to run. Check the output of `locale` command. ``` I know this may be a problem with my setup, or with snap but, if an extra step needs to be carried out, it would be great to document it too. For info: ``` ivan@keera-studios-ubuntu:~$ locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_NAME="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8 ivan@keera-studios-ubuntu:~$ snap run locale error: cannot find current revision for snap locale: readlink /snap/locale/current: no such file or directory ``` Cheers!

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2026-03-15 10:15:37 +03:00

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2026-03-15 10:15:53 +03:00

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@ku1ik commented on GitHub (May 31, 2017):

Your locale looks good to me, this is probably snap related 🤔

@ku1ik commented on GitHub (May 31, 2017): Your locale looks good to me, this is probably snap related 🤔

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:15:58 +03:00

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@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Jun 2, 2017):

@flexiondotorg do you have any idea what can be causing this? (I don't know snap at all)

@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Jun 2, 2017): @flexiondotorg do you have any idea what can be causing this? (I don't know snap at all)

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:16:03 +03:00

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@flexiondotorg commented on GitHub (Jun 16, 2017):

I'll take a look

@flexiondotorg commented on GitHub (Jun 16, 2017): I'll take a look

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:16:08 +03:00

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@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2018):

Is this still a problem? Can we close it?

@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2018): Is this still a problem? Can we close it?

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:16:13 +03:00

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@ivanperez-keera commented on GitHub (Apr 7, 2018):

It works now, on two computers, with Ubuntu 17.10 and 16.04. I don't know what may have changed.

For reference, the current locale is:

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en
LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8

I'll close it and, if anyone wants to, they can re-open it.

@ivanperez-keera commented on GitHub (Apr 7, 2018): It works now, on two computers, with Ubuntu 17.10 and 16.04. I don't know what may have changed. For reference, the current locale is: ``` LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_NAME="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8 ``` I'll close it and, if anyone wants to, they can re-open it.

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:16:18 +03:00

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@sgivan commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2018):

This error is happening on a fairly standard CentOS 7 distro.

@sgivan commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2018): This error is happening on a fairly standard CentOS 7 distro.

kerem commented

2026-03-15 10:16:24 +03:00

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@cmoulliard commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2018):

I also get on Macos using iterm2 and zsh

asciinema
asciinema needs a UTF-8 native locale to run. Check the output of `locale` command.
locale
LANG="en_BE.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_ALL="C"

@cmoulliard commented on GitHub (Oct 2, 2018): I also get on Macos using iterm2 and zsh ``` asciinema asciinema needs a UTF-8 native locale to run. Check the output of `locale` command. locale LANG="en_BE.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="C" LC_CTYPE="C" LC_MESSAGES="C" LC_MONETARY="C" LC_NUMERIC="C" LC_TIME="C" LC_ALL="C" ```