https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383108
Bug ID: 383108
Summary: only english in the list for available languages
Product: systemsettings
Version: 5.8.7
Platform: Ubuntu Packages
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: kcm_language
Assignee: jl...@kde.org
Reporter: fier...@web.de
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 107064
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=107064&action=edit
mixed languages although only English seems to be available
Kubuntu 16.04
KDE 5.8.7 (PPA)
Hi,
I have some systems where it is not possible to change the language to
something other than American English although I've installed the necessary
language packs. To top it the language is horribly mixed up at some systems
(screenshot attached) that have previously configured German as preferred
language and where German is now missing in the list although packages are
installed.
I can only select American English in the list for available languages in
system settings. I have installed the German language packs too but German is
not shown.
$ dpkg -l | grep language-pack
ii language-pack-de 1:16.04+20160627
all translation updates for language German
ii language-pack-de-base 1:16.04+20160627
all translations for language German
ii language-pack-en 1:16.04+20161009
all translation updates for language English
ii language-pack-en-base 1:16.04+20160627
all translations for language English
ii language-pack-kde-de
1:14.04+20140305.0ubuntu1 all KDE translation meta
package for language de
ii language-pack-kde-en
1:14.04+20140305.0ubuntu1 all KDE translation meta
package for language en_GB
$ dpkg -l | grep -E "kde-l10n|qttranslation"
ii kde-l10n-de
4:16.04.3-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04~ppa2 all de (de) localization
for KDE
ii kde-l10n-engb
4:16.04.3-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04~ppa2 all en_GB (engb)
localization for KDE
ii qttranslations5-l10n
5.6.1-2build1~~xenialoverlay1~1 all translations for Qt 5
$ cat .config/plasma-localerc
[Formats]
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
[Translations]
LANGUAGE=
If I append de, de_DE or de_DE.UTF-8 to LANGUAGE= I get the message "The
translation files for the languages with the code 'de' could not be found.
These languages have been removed from your configuraion. If you want to add
them back, please install the localization files for it and the languages
again."
in the language settings after login.
I have installed localepurge but it should not touch german and english files:
$ tail -6 /etc/locale.nopurge
de_DE
de_DE@euro
de_DE.UTF-8
en_US
en_US.ISO-8859-15
en_US.UTF-8
Installed locales are german and english:
$ locale -a
C
C.UTF-8
de_AT.utf8
de_BE.utf8
de_CH.utf8
de_DE
de_DE@euro
de_DE.iso88591
de_DE.iso885915@euro
de_DE.utf8
de_LI.utf8
de_LU.utf8
deutsch
en_AG
en_AG.utf8
en_AU.utf8
en_BW.utf8
en_CA.utf8
en_DK.utf8
en_GB.utf8
en_HK.utf8
en_IE.utf8
en_IN
en_IN.utf8
en_NG
en_NG.utf8
en_NZ.utf8
en_PH.utf8
en_SG.utf8
en_US.utf8
en_ZA.utf8
en_ZM
en_ZM.utf8
en_ZW.utf8
german
POSIX
Environment:
$ printenv | grep -E "LANG|LC"
LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=de_DE.UTF-8
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_NAME=de_DE.UTF-8
The system is Kubuntu 16.04 with KDE 5.8.7 (PPA)
I tried to reproduce this bug in a VM with a fresh installed Kubuntu 16.04 and
KDE 5.8.7. I could not reproduce it, but it is not a unique problem because I
have 5 systems - all with the same problem.
The only difference between all above localization settings is in
.config/plasma-localerc.
The variable LANGUAGE is empty on computers where no other languages than
English are listed. The new VM installation has a variable LANGUAGE=de.
If I set this variable in the same manner on a system with broken languages -
again after reboot in regional settings I only get the message
The translation files for the language with the code 'de' could not be
found. The language has been removed from your configuration. If you want to
add it back, please install the localization files for it and add the language
again.
Then the variable LANGUAGE in .config/plasma-localerc is empty again.
Now I tried reinstalling all packages on a broken system using
apt install --reinstall `dpkg --get-selections > packages; cat packages |
grep install | awk '{print $1}' | tr '\n' ' '
Unfortunately it does not fix the list with missing languages. I created a new
user but there is the same problem. So I think it is a configuration problem
that is not overwritten with the command for reinstalling above.
I'd like to investigate some more to solve this bug but I need some hints.
1) What file exactly is system settings looking for to get the list for
available languages?
2) Where does KDE expect translation files for the code 'de' to not remove it
from my configuration LANGUAGE=de?
Thank you very much!
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