What it has done for me is sudo apt-get purge locales sudo apt-get install --reinstall locales
and reinstall all the autoremoved packages from step 1. -- update-gnome-menus-cache crashed with Error in setlocale() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504021 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-menus in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs