Error while trying to launch IPython Notebook from Anaconda

Question

Am getting the below error while trying to launch IPython Notebook from Anaconda. The Anaconda version is 1.8.0. Need help

Shabeers-MacBook-Pro:~ shabeermothi$ /Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/bin/ipython_mac.command ; exit;
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/bin/ipython", line 6, in <module>
    sys.exit(start_ipython())
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/__init__.py", line 118, in start_ipython
    return launch_new_instance(argv=argv, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 544, in launch_instance
    app.initialize(argv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 89, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/terminal/ipapp.py", line 312, in initialize
    super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).initialize(argv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 89, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/core/application.py", line 362, in initialize
    self.parse_command_line(argv)
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/terminal/ipapp.py", line 307, in parse_command_line
    return super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).parse_command_line(argv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in parse_command_line
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 89, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 474, in parse_command_line
    return self.initialize_subcommand(subc, subargv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize_subcommand
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 89, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 405, in initialize_subcommand
    subapp = import_item(subapp)
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/utils/importstring.py", line 42, in import_item
    module = __import__(package, fromlist=[obj])
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/html/notebookapp.py", line 73, in <module>
    from IPython.consoleapp import IPythonConsoleApp
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/consoleapp.py", line 43, in <module>
    from IPython.kernel.zmq.kernelapp import (
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/kernel/zmq/kernelapp.py", line 54, in <module>
    from ipkernel import Kernel
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/kernel/zmq/ipkernel.py", line 49, in <module>
    from zmqshell import ZMQInteractiveShell
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/kernel/zmq/zmqshell.py", line 36, in <module>
    from IPython.core.payloadpage import install_payload_page
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/core/payloadpage.py", line 24, in <module>
    from docutils.core import publish_string
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/docutils/core.py", line 20, in <module>
    from docutils import frontend, io, utils, readers, writers
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/docutils/frontend.py", line 41, in <module>
    import docutils.utils
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/docutils/utils/__init__.py", line 20, in <module>
    import docutils.io
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/docutils/io.py", line 18, in <module>
    from docutils.utils.error_reporting import locale_encoding, ErrorString, ErrorOutput
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/docutils/utils/error_reporting.py", line 47, in <module>
    locale_encoding = locale.getlocale()[1] or locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/python.app/Contents/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 511, in getdefaultlocale
    return _parse_localename(localename)
  File "/Users/shabeermothi/anaconda/python.app/Contents/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 443, in _parse_localename
    raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: UTF-8
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Answer 1

This is an issue with the Mac OS X Terminal. You should change your bash profile to set LANG to the correct string for your locale. Another workaround would be to uncheck the "Set LANG environment variable on startup" setting in the Terminal preferences.

See https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/5846 for more information.