✅ Step 1: Check current locale

Open Terminal and run:

locale

If you see anything like:

LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8

or mixed values (some en, some zh), that’s the problem.


✅ Step 2: Generate English locale

Run:

sudo locale-gen en_US.UTF-8

Then update:

sudo update-localeLANG=en_US.UTF-8LANGUAGE=en_US:en

✅ Step 3: Reconfigure system language

Run:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

✅ Step 4: Fix environment variables (important)