Can't install additional languages from GUI

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

The Region & Language GUI indicates that you can switch to any display language, but if you select a language which is not already installed, it fails.

The GUI seems to be the GNOME one, so it may be worth mentioning that there is an Ubuntu specific patch in gnome-control-center which installs the selected language unless it was installed previously.

[fossfreedom (fossfreedom)]

which version of Ubuntu Budgie/budgie-remix are you using?

If you run gnome-control-center from a command line and then use the GUI are there any messages reported in the terminal?

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

I didn't know that Ubuntu Budgie actually uses the gnome-control-center package.

I was using zesty, fully updated, when I filed this report. However, booting suddenly fails now, so I can't provide possible info from the terminal at this time.

OTOH I suspect that this is a duplicate of bug #1631750. I leave it to you to mark it as such if you agree.

[fossfreedom (fossfreedom)]

thanks - yes it is a duplicate - but I'm seeking guidance from Ubuntu GNOME if they are going to handle this themselves. Otherwise for Ubuntu Budgie we'll add your workaround of installing language-selector-gnome

thanks.

[fossfreedom (fossfreedom)]

I should have closed this in 18.04 earlier - 18.04 now has an Install Language button available in gnome-control-center