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How to change language in Darktable from Ubuntu

Rabbit

7/10/24, 6:44 PM

Darktable language inexplicably changed itself to Czech

The darktable FAQ says it uses the OS's language.. but my OS's language is English. So where could it be getting the idea it should be Czech? It was in English when I first installed it and I haven't done anything new or Czechy since.

More importantly: How do I set the language of Darktable to English from Ubuntu? All the instructions I can find are for Windows.

Thank you

[edit: using Fossa]

locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE=pt_PT.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=pt_PT.UTF-8
LC_TIME=pt_PT.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=pt_PT.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=pt_PT.UTF-8
LC_NAME=pt_PT.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=pt_PT.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=pt_PT.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=pt_PT.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=pt_PT.UTF-8
LC_ALL=

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson

7/11/24, 3:38 AM

Please edit you question and show the output of the `locale` terminal command.

Rabbit

7/15/24, 5:24 PM

K, done! Thanks

Gunnar Hjalmarsson

7/16/24, 12:38 AM

Hmm.. Ok. As you say, nothing there which indicates Czech. I would guess that there is a display language setting in the darktable application which overrides the locale. If you don't find that, I wonder if it makes a difference if you start it with: `LANG=en_US.UTF-8 darktable` (The difference compared to the workaround in your answer is that `en_US.UTF-8` is the correct locale name.)

Rabbit

7/16/24, 9:43 PM

Good idea! unfortunately when I try that it opens in Czech again. It's still opening in Czech by default when I open it normally, but when I use the workaround I posted below that one session opens in English.

Gunnar Hjalmarsson

7/16/24, 10:15 PM

Then I suppose the proper way is that you look for a language setting in the application. Or just keep using the workaround, but my objections to it still stand. ;)

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Rabbit

7/10/24, 6:53 PM

OK I found something that worked for me, here we go:

LANG=<language_code> && darktable

Replace <language_code> with the desired language code. For English:

LANG=en_US && darktable

I would still appreciate input on what in my OS is telling programs they shouldn't be in English (this happened to me before with Portuguese!)

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson

7/11/24, 7:31 AM

`en_US` has either not been generated on your system, in which case `LANG=en_US` is effectively the same as `LANG=C`. Or it has been generated, in which case `LANG=en_US` may enable latin1 encoding, which is probably not your intention. So I find the answer misleading to users, and downvoted it. It would fit better as workaround as part of the question, so you may want to move it there.

Rabbit

7/11/24, 9:57 AM

Darktable was in Czech and then I ran that and now it's in English, and I couldn't find any other solution anywhere.. and my OS is in UK English. Are you saying that "LANG=C && darktable" would be better?

Gunnar Hjalmarsson

7/11/24, 10:42 AM

No, it would probably be just as bad. Better to figure out the explanation. I asked for additional info with that purpose directly under your question.

Rabbit

7/13/24, 9:54 AM

Thanks, done. Nothing about cz in there, Portuguese and English (The clock for Ireland was wrong when I installed the OS so I had to set it to Lisbon time)

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