Problem with initdb. Locale?

Hi there,

I am having a hard time installing PostgreSQL for the first time. I
worked my way through the INSTALL instructions upto the initialization
of the database. ./configure --with-java, gmake, gmake install and
gmake check all run successfully. At the bottom of the mail is what I
got when trying to initdb. Someone in this list suggested a problem
with locales. Unfortunatly I am not a Linux guru (I am running Suse 8),
so I didn't understand much of that. Can someone provide me with
help/hints?

TIA chris

postgresql(at)ds217-115-144-40:~> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D
/usr/local/pgsql/data
The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
"postgresql".
This user must also own the server process.

The database cluster will be initialized with locales:
COLLATE: POSIX
CTYPE: de_DE(at)euro
MESSAGES: de_DE(at)euro
MONETARY: de_DE(at)euro
NUMERIC: de_DE(at)euro
TIME: de_DE(at)euro

fixing permissions on existing directory /usr/local/pgsql/data... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/global... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_clog... ok
selecting default max_connections... 10
selecting default shared_buffers... 50
creating configuration files... ok
creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1... FATAL:
XX000: failed to initialize lc_messages to ""
LOCATION: InitializeGUCOptions, guc.c:1866

initdb: failed