Perl locale issue when running npm/npx commands

[jonnott]

I'm deploying (with deployer v7) to a cPanel CentOS server..

Linux version 3.10.0-1160.71.1.el7.x86_64 ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-44) (GCC) )

I am getting errors like this whenever I run npm ci or npx mix from deployer (yes, it's for a Laravel app)

perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
	LANGUAGE = (unset),
	LC_ALL = (unset),
	LC_CTYPE = "UTF-8",
	LANG = (unset)
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").

When I run locale locally (Mac OS) and on the server, the results are essentially the same:

Remote:
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

Local:
LANG="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

I've read things saying local environment vars for this may (or may not) get passed to the remote server when connecting via ssh.

Something obviously not right.

FWIW, I've upgraded from deployer v6 to v7, and this wasn't a problem under v6 :(

Jon

[antonmedv]

This is a problem of your shell env for remote_user. Try the next: dep run "env"

[Sogl]

@jonnott Were you able to find a solution? I have the same problem after upgrading from Deployer 6 to 7.

[jonnott]

@Sogl Does your server run CentOS by any chance? v6 .. v7 .. ?

[jonnott]

It's complicated!

[Sogl]

@Sogl Does your server run CentOS by any chance? v6 .. v7 .. ?

Nope. Shared hosting, CloudLinux 4.18.0-425.19.2.lve.el7h.x86_64

[jonnott]

Do you know if it's using jailshell or similar then?