On Kubuntu Gutsy 64bit several packages shows not the right language despite of installed language-packs whereas on 32bit the same packages are ok

[Frank]

Binary package hint: kubuntu-desktop

I've installed several packages e. g. kile, lyx, labplot etc. with appropriate language-packs (e. g. kile-i18n-de) as well as kde-language-packs and general system language packs (german). On Gutsy 64bit these programs are completely in English despite the language-packs. But on Gutsy 32bit the same packages are translated to german. This concerns also packages which are not in the repositories such as CrossoverOffice. At CrossOver the core is in English but installed programs within are in German whereas on Gutsy 32bit it is ok at all.

Additionally I've tried to removing all non German language packs as far as possible (dependencies) with no result.

By the way, the core packages like OpenOffice, Kontact, Firefox etc as well as the system itself are not affected.

On both systems the same packages were installed at all and locale report the same output:

LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=de_DE:de:en_GB:en
LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

So, this issue seems not to be related to the translation process but rather to the 64bit platform.

Best regards

Frank

[Frank (frank-schaeffer)]

If I try to force starting a program (lyx for example) with german language via

LANGUAGE="de_DE.utf8" lyx

I got "Locale de_DE could not be set"

[Frank (frank-schaeffer)]

Now I have downloaded and install lyx 1.5.1.amd64 from http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Download (feisty's version) for testing propose. Interestingly, this versions gui is displayed in german.

[derektorr (derektorr)]

Confirm on my system, after upgrade from Feisty. GIMP is in english, despite of locale set to pl_PL.UTF-8.

[Martin Böhm (martin.bohm)]

Thanks for reporting this bug. I have tested it on my Kubuntu Hardy (alpha) amd64 machine. Both LyX and GIMP display in my native language. In my opinion it may be a bug in the language-packs of those applications. Please consider testing it on a Kubuntu Gutsy system with a different language set or on a Kubuntu Hardy system. Thank you!

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!.