[postgresql] init of database-cluster does not set locale

[machinaeXphilip]

when following the step by step of the postgresql guide, the init command as described produces a different output than showed in the guide.

In order to correct this the locale needs to be set.

[SalocinHB]

How exactly is the output different?

[machinaeXphilip]

It throws an error about the missing locale settings and fails:

initdb: error: invalid locale settings; check LANG and LC_* environment variables

looks like the tutorial assumes that the environment variables are set (to 'de_DE.UTF-8' german). But in none of the instances I saw that was the case by default. Or am I missing sth?

as i understand it, the postgres init tutorial does not mention the locale at all. Yet one must be set for it to work as written in the tutorial.
Follwing the step by step fail at this point unless a locale is set. And in order to get the output that is presented in the step by step, it would need to be a german locale.

[herzogmedia]

I just stumbled on this problem myself. There is no guide or info or something that helps out with how to set the locale on an uberspace, thus following the guide won't work