Hi all, I am installing AiiDA in WSL2, but during quicksetup I ran into following error. Can you please help me to resolve this? (aiida) rkarkee@RKARKEE:~$ verdi quicksetup /home/rkarkee/envs/aiida/lib/python3.10/site-packages/aiida/manage/configuration/settings.py:59: UserWarning: Creating AiiDA …

The error about the invalid locale name is not the cause of the failure. To create the database in PSQL, your sudo password is needed. AiiDA tried to do it automatically, but it cannot because of this. You will have to create the database manually and then use verdi setup instead. Please follow thes…

Hi @sphuber I followed the link you suggested but got another error. (aiida) rkarkee@RKARKEE:~$ sudo su - postgres [sudo] password for rkarkee: Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.133.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64) * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com * Management: https:/…

Dear @rkarkee , thanks for your questions. This is what a simple google search for your error (ERROR: invalid locale name: "en_US.UTF-8") shows: [Nathan Smith] PostgreSQL 10 on Linux - LC_COLLATE locale en_US.utf-8 not valid postgresql asked by Nathan Smith …

Hi @giovannipizzi Sorry for the confusion, as I am new to unix system I thought PostgresSQL is related to AiiDA, apparently it isnt. I went to that link and fixed the issue. As suggested by @sphuber I went through Advanced Configuration in verdi setup, and created a profile (aiida) rkarkee@RKARK…

ERROR: invalid locale name: "en_US.UTF-8"

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giovannipizzi February 28, 2024, 7:20am 6

No, the peer authentication is optional, you can skip it. If you fixed the RabbitMQ configuration as you mentioned in the other thread then everything is OK!

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ERROR: invalid locale name: "en_US.UTF-8"

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