Enabling the XL C/C++ error messages

If your system uses the en_US locale and encoding, the compiler message catalogs are automatically configured to display correctly, whether you used the basic or advanced method of installation and configuration. However, if your system uses any other supported locale, you must set the NLSPATH environment variable so that the compiler and runtime functions can find the appropriate message catalogs following installation.

For example, to specify the Japanese locale with the IBM_eucJP code page, use the following commands:

LANG=ja_JP
NLSPATH=/usr/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N:/usr/lib/nls/msg/prime/%N
export LANG NLSPATH

Substitute any valid national language code for ja_JP, provided the associated message catalogs are installed.

See National language support for a list of supported language locales.