MongoDB 2.6 Failed global initialization: BadValue Invalid or no user locale set. Please ensure LANG and/or LC_* environment variables are set correctly.

scottalanmiller

Getting this error when attempting to connect:

Failed global initialization: BadValue Invalid or no user locale set. Please ensure LANG and/or LC_* environment variables are set correctly.

scottalanmiller

Fix was pretty easy:

export LC_ALL=C

Solved MongoDB 2.6 Failed global initialization: BadValue Invalid or no user locale set. Please ensure LANG and/or LC_* environment variables are set correctly.