Language kcm leaves some programs in English and others in other languages
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kde-runtime (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The System Settings-
To reproduce:
1. The System Settings-
2. Install a couple of different languages, in this example British English, American English, German and Spanish
3. Order Preferred Languages to (top to bottom): American English, British English, German, Spanish
4. Apply, ok, logout of KDE, log back in
Actual Results:
Some programs are in English (KDE/QT programs, Firefox, Libreoffice), while some are in German (GTK programs like GIMP, all bash command line programs, e.g. tim@localhost:~$ ls filenotthere
ls: Zugriff auf filenotthere nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden)
cat ~/.kde/
export LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
export LANGUAGE=
export LC_NUMERIC=
export LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
export LC_MONETARY=
export LC_PAPER=
export LC_IDENTIFICATI
export LC_NAME=en_GB.UTF-8
export LC_ADDRESS=
export LC_TELEPHONE=
export LC_MEASUREMENT=
Expected Results:
All programs are in English as American English and British English have the highest preferences, and all software includes translations for at least American English
Workaround
Manually set export LANGUAGE=en in ~/.kde/