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Hi everyone,
After playing 3.3.0 for a while, today I compiled 3.4.1. I got an error message "angband: Angband requires UTF-8 support". I figured out how to fix it, and I thought I'd post some info here, since I couldn't edit the wiki.
I'm running Ubuntu 12.10. The problem is that the gnome-terminal has a default language of 'C'. To change it:
1. Execute the command:
locale -a
This will list all the valid locales for your system. Choose one that ends in 'utf8'. Eg, en_US.utf8.
2. Edit the .bashrc file with a command like:
sudo vi ~/.bashrc
Go to the end of it, and add the line:
export LANG=en_US.utf8
3. Start up a new terminal window. You can now run angband.
Hope this helps someone who runs into the same problem. This thread was helpful to me.
After playing 3.3.0 for a while, today I compiled 3.4.1. I got an error message "angband: Angband requires UTF-8 support". I figured out how to fix it, and I thought I'd post some info here, since I couldn't edit the wiki.
I'm running Ubuntu 12.10. The problem is that the gnome-terminal has a default language of 'C'. To change it:
1. Execute the command:
locale -a
This will list all the valid locales for your system. Choose one that ends in 'utf8'. Eg, en_US.utf8.
2. Edit the .bashrc file with a command like:
sudo vi ~/.bashrc
Go to the end of it, and add the line:
export LANG=en_US.utf8
3. Start up a new terminal window. You can now run angband.
Hope this helps someone who runs into the same problem. This thread was helpful to me.