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Why is my Terminal displaying only question marks when installing flatpak? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

What does the locale command say? Have you tried to change a font?

[–] [email protected] 96 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

not to be that guy . but have you tried to search for an answer?

https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/4435

first hit on "flatpak question marks".. it's due to the font you use in the terminal does not support or not fully support Unicode characters or your locale settings are not correct.

hope this helps and answers your question :)

(edit, lost part of a sentence)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks. You needed to bee that guy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

you're welcome :)

or since you probably are from Denmark since you mentioned Danish in your other comments:

🇩🇰 bare hyggelig, og håper du fikk løst problemet ditt 🇳🇴

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

See, this is how to be that guy but actually be nice and helpful at the same time. Good on you

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

thank you :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

[?]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Install Nerd Fonts.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What language do you have set on your system and what terminal are you using?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

English and Konsole. I've installed many Flatpaks in the past, but this is the first time I've encountered this issue.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

~~Try to change it to English.~~

Oh then it can be a broken update.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I have not install may Flatpaks on this linux install just past. Sorry my system language is set to American English