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I want my computer's language to be English and everything else to be finnish. Problem is that my computer's language is finnish now too. My guess is that LC_ALL is overriding the LANG part. I'm using arch if that helps.

Output of locale:

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="fi_FI.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=fi_FI.UTF-8
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  • LC_ALL does indeed override everything. Do you know where that's set? Unset it – roaima Sep 20 '20 at 8:34
  • @roaima I dont know where it's set. /etc/locale.conf doesnt have LC_ALL. – Jeff B Sep 20 '20 at 9:24
  • Not familiar with Arch but grep -rl LC_ALL /etc may help – roaima Sep 20 '20 at 9:27
  • Ah yes, there was a sneaky LC_ALL in /etc/environment. Thank you @roaima! – Jeff B Sep 20 '20 at 9:49
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LC_ALL does indeed override everything. I'm not familiar with Arch but grep -rl LC_ALL /etc may help.

A comment then responds,

Ah yes, there was a sneaky LC_ALL in /etc/environment

Removing this should allow the system to function with English language message but the Finnish locale for everything else.

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