# Uninitialized constant Locale::System (NameError)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninitialized-constant-locale-system-nameerror/73092>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 21, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninitialized-constant-locale-system-nameerror/73092 "2006-10-21T06:29:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![lycanthrope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@lycanthrope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lycanthrope)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninitialized-constant-locale-system-nameerror/73092/1 "2006-10-21T06:29:55Z")

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Can anyone point me to a resolution for this error?

$ ruby-glade-create-template project1.glade \> project1.rb  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/gettext/locale\_posix.rb:17: uninitialized constant  
Locale::System (NameError)  
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/gettext/locale.rb:40:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/gettext/locale.rb:40 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/gettext.rb:19:in`require’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/gettext.rb:19  
from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/glib2.rb:189:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/glib2.rb:189 from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/gtk2/base.rb:12:in`require’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/gtk2/base.rb:12  
from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/gtk2.rb:11:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/gtk2.rb:11 from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/libglade2.rb:11:in`require’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/libglade2.rb:11  
from /usr/bin/ruby-glade-create-template:14:in `require’  
from /usr/bin/ruby-glade-create-template:14

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**Author:** ![lycanthrope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@lycanthrope](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lycanthrope)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 8:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/uninitialized-constant-locale-system-nameerror/73092/2 "2006-10-21T08:06:12Z")

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Reid T. wrote:

> Can anyone point me to a resolution for this error?

Based on the limited information, Ruby can’t find what you are looking  
for:  
“Locale::System”. Please post the actual “require” line so we can make a  
better determination.