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locale error running `sudo do-release-upgrade`
$ sudo do-release-upgrade # Trying to upgrade from Ubuntu LTS 12.04 to 14.04
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
ERROR:root:gedefaultlocale() failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/UpdateManager/Core/utils.py", line 353, in get_lang
(locale_s, encoding) = locale.getdefaultlocale()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 503, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 435, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: en_ZM
ERROR:root:gedefaultlocale() failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/UpdateManager/Core/utils.py", line 353, in get_lang
(locale_s, encoding) = locale.getdefaultlocale()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 503, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 435, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: en_ZM
ERROR:root:gedefaultlocale() failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/UpdateManager/Core/utils.py", line 353, in get_lang
(locale_s, encoding) = locale.getdefaultlocale()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 503, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 435, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: en_ZM
ERROR:root:gedefaultlocale() failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/UpdateManager/Core/utils.py", line 353, in get_lang
(locale_s, encoding) = locale.getdefaultlocale()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 503, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 435, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: en_ZM
ERROR:root:gedefaultlocale() failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/UpdateManager/Core/utils.py", line 353, in get_lang
(locale_s, encoding) = locale.getdefaultlocale()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 503, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 435, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: en_ZM
ERROR:root:gedefaultlocale() failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/UpdateManager/Core/utils.py", line 353, in get_lang
(locale_s, encoding) = locale.getdefaultlocale()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 503, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 435, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: en_ZM
No new release found
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juni37 commented Feb 26, 2022

Thanks @generaleye! Also worked for me :)

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thanks @generaleye

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