Configure the system locale to please nvim +checkhealth within tmux: Locale does not support UTF-8

[martin-braun]

I'm running nvim within tmux in a termux session. So far everything works, but the system locale check of :checkhealth complains:

I already launch tmux with the -u flag, $LANG is set explicitly. I fail to know how to "configure" the system locale in termux on Android. I couldn't find any information, there is no dpkg-reconfigure locale like in Debian. I assume I need to find the equivalent of termux, I do not? I did google the error, but often the issue was that $LANG was set to C or any other ASCII locale. Mine is properly set to an UTF 8 one.

What can I do to pass the health check?

[MarcoBuess]

Did you ever figure this out? I'm having the same issue.

[martin-braun]

Unfortunately, no, as I moved on. It was an experiment. I'm often with my laptop, but I felt it might be cool to get my nvim configuration to work on my phone. The idea was very pleasing to me, but Termux doesn't even play nice with nvm, too, so it made no sense to invest further. For simply checking files, I would not require to pass the health check.

Maybe the issue can be circumvented when running nvim within chroot in a sub system that is free of the Termux environment. At least this would be a solution for other stuff like nvm. I didn't took that route, though. I will probably revisit this idea when I acquire a foldable, which would really trigger me to want this working, as it would be a larger screen on the go.