Unable to install language packs

[Wise Melon]

I have found that on my Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 installation with GNOME 3.24.1 that if I open the "Region & Language" section of the gnome-control-center that even though in Terminal it is indicated that there are Enlish (UK) packages to install, it doesn't do anything in the GUI. And if I attempt to install a new language the whole window just really quickly flashes once but nothing else happens. Here is the output from Terminal:

    ** (gnome-control-center:9685): WARNING **: Ignoring launcher gufw (missing desktop file)

    ** (gnome-control-center:9685): WARNING **: Ignoring launcher landscape-client-settings (missing desktop file)

    ** (gnome-control-center:9685): WARNING **: Ignoring launcher language-selector (missing desktop file)

    ** (gnome-control-center:9685): WARNING **: Ignoring launcher system-config-printer (missing desktop file)

    ** (gnome-control-center:9685): WARNING **: Ignoring launcher ubuntuone-installer (missing desktop file)

    (gnome-control-center:9685): common-cc-panel-WARNING **: Language en_GB.UTF-8 not installed, trying to install it

    (gnome-control-center:9685): common-cc-panel-WARNING **: Language ja_JP not installed, trying to install it

I know other people who are experiencing this issue and the only way for them to install new languages is to install the gnome-language-selector from Unity.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.24.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sat May 20 16:20:05 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-18 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia:

SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and help make Ubuntu better.

You've reported this once before as bug 1655464. It still isn't fixed but hopefully it will be before 17.10 is released.

[Wise Melon (wise-melon-deactivatedaccount)]

Oh, sorry, I just forgot and couldn't find a similar bug report for some reason I filled a new one...