MongoDB mongorestore failure: locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid

Question

I created a dump with mongodump on computer A (ubuntu 12.04 server). I moved it to computer B (ubuntu 12.04 server) and typed:

mongorestore -db db_nam

Answer 1

Got same problem on debian 7 without locale-gen (command not found) installed.

I solved this way:

su
apt-get install locales
dpkg-reconfigure locales # select locales you want!

Now mongodb should start.

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