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To install "localepurge" via the terminal use the following command (Ctrl + Al + t):ĭuring the install process, you will be asked to select your language, (Only select ONE language!):Ĭlick on " Forward" when you see this message: (A good example is French as there is Swiss French Belgium French and French!) (Another example is German as there is German, Swiss German, and last but not least Austrian German!)
Select only the language package you need to keep during the installation of the package (localepurge), you need to make sure that all the different packages for the same language are marked if you have a language that is globally (more or less) different!!.
#Ubuntu change default language to english Pc
If you are still having problems with language on your PC install the package " localepurge" to rid your PC of all unwanted language packages!!. Info from here (with a few changes to the APT command!):
Once you have done the above, you must still open the language support tool and make your desired changes there, then run:
Sudo update-locale LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 LANGUAGE="de_DE:de" Sudo apt-get install language-pack-de-base language-pack-de Open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + t) and type the following commands to set your system language to the language you want ( Replace the ending on the package names to your desired locale otherwise you will have a German system if you use the commands below!).Įcho $LANG # show current system language Set the system language via the terminal: Please bear in mind that your "locale" file can differ from the examples above, here is a current snapshot of my English language system with German language support installed, you may notice that there are no references to German in this list!: Once you have made your changes, click on "File" > "Save" close Pluma and restart your PC, your system should restart in the desired language and you will be asked to change the folder names which you should do!. In my example, you need to change the top two lines to look like this, edit/replace "en_EN" with "de_DE": You will now (may) have a file that looks like this, I will be using German for my example, you need to replace the appropriate lines (Lang & Language) with your desired country locale!.
#Ubuntu change default language to english password
To manually reset your system locale should the above not have worked for you, you will need to make yourself " root", press Alt + F2, enter your password and then enter the following command:Įnter your password and navigate through your home folder: File System > Etc > Default > Locale Make sure that you have installed your desired country locale files before you start doing the following!. See this section above if it didn't change: " Folder language didn't change!." When you restart your PC, you will/should be asked whether you want to change the names of your folders to the new default language, say yes and then all your system folders will change to the newly installed language, in this case "German": Now open " Regional Formats" and do the same by selecting your desired language from the drop-down menu, click on " Apply system-wide" then restart your system: If you have more than one language installed and want to switch between them, open Control Center > Other > Language Support and then with a left pressed mouse click, push the chosen language up to the very top of the list and then on " Apply system-wide":
#Ubuntu change default language to english update
You will also need to run Grub update to change the Grub menu otherwise it will stay in the original language that you first used during your initial install!:Ĭhange language when you have more than one installed system language:
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