}

pip install error: locale.Error: unsupported locale setting

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The error

Whn you install a package with pip, you get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pip", line 11, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/__init__.py", line 215, in main
    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 581, in setlocale
    return _setlocale(category, locale)
locale.Error: unsupported locale setting

Solution

Export your locale settings using:

export LC_ALL=C
pip