More than one Interface Language in Sabayon 5

[adXok]

Hi, there!

I just found Sabayon and gave it a try and I liked it very much so I made a fast install and choose my country (Bulgaria) and then US keyboard layout (because of the passwords and accounts to match my own) and when Sabayon desktop showed up it was in Bulgarian and every window dialog too. I was happy with that. Then i made a big mistake with messing up with the updates and decided to reinstall the whole Sabayon once again.

Unfortunatelly I just clicked Forward, Next, formated the partitions and all of a sudden Sabayon desktop and menus... all now is in English! i made succesful Update of Sabayon this time it went OK 'cause I read on the Internet how I should do it properly.

I tried everything, searched the forum, tried and downloaded some translaition archive ('gnome_bg.biz.tar' or something; bg stands for Bulgarian and I now see that in that archive there are many '.po' files translated into Bulgarian), tried load the session language when Login window comes out... but nothing happens!

It seems that only English is now available on my system (although I can rename icons and files with bulgarian names and letters). So my question is:

How can I install any other language to the interface? Do I have to re-install the whole Sabayon again?!

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Sabayon 5.1-r1 updated after install Gnome Desktop (DVD .ISO release ≈ 1.6 GB) x32-bits
Intel Pentium IV, 2 GB RAM, nVidia 6200A Video Card, Creative Audigy 5.1

Everything is working fine, I just want to make Sabayon in Bulgarian language as before (the previous test install).

[amoebios]

i installed german with the package manager (Sulfur) and made 2 accounts: one in english (for me) and one in german (for guests). But i also remember that i had some problems with the Gimp, for example. You may have to set language or locale for gimp or openoffice in a terminal. I hope others can help more on this subject.

[adXok]

Thank you, amoebios

I do not know if when login-ing in I can put more languages and if I could does that mean it should be only for the login window and not for the session as a whole (onterface and so on). If I can install more language support and choose between them when login-ing in it would be nice.

I just do not want to reinstall once again... but after all that would be the final and general solution.

[micia]

I once made a similar mistake, I solved it using this guide:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml

(the section about "Keyboard layout for the X server" uses deprecated configuration of
the keyboard in the xorg.conf, it is better not to follow it)

[adXok]

Ok, but there is a change from en_EN to de_De.

Where can I found list for the other languages, or should I guess by analogy: bg_BUL for bulgarian or bg_BG?!?
I change it to bg without _BG or _BUL. Nothing happens... gotta try more.

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sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (bg_BUL.UTF-8)
sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (bg_BUL.UTF-8)
>>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (bg_BUL.UTF-8)
bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (bg_BG.UTF-8): Няма такъв файл или директория
sabayon adxok # env-update && source /etc/profile
sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (bg_BG.UTF-8)
sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (bg_BG.UTF-8)
>>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (bg_BG.UTF-8)
bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (bg.UTF-8)


Still Nothing...

[micia]

I would check wikipedia, however I tried:

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micia@il-padre-laptop ~ $ locale -a | grep bg
bg_BG
bg_BG.cp1251
bg_BG.utf8


[adXok]

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sabayon adxok # locale-gen
/bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (bg.UTF-8)
* Generating 4 locales (this might take a while) with 1 jobs
*  (1/4) Generating bg_BG.UTF-8...                                                     [ ok ]
*  (2/4) Generating bg_BG.ISO-8859-1...
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:161: LC_MONETARY: unknown character in field `currency_symbol'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:196: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abday'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:197: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abday'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:198: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abday'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:199: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abday'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:200: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abday'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:201: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abday'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:202: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abday'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:203: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `day'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:204: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `day'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:205: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `day'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:206: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `day'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:207: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `day'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:208: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `day'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:209: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `day'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:210: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:211: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:212: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:213: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:214: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:215: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:216: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:217: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:218: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:219: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:220: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:221: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:222: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:223: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:224: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:225: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:226: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:227: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:228: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:229: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:230: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:231: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:232: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:233: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:238: LC_MESSAGES: unknown character in field `yesexpr'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:239: LC_MESSAGES: unknown character in field `noexpr'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:250: LC_NAME: unknown character in field `name_mr'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:251: LC_NAME: unknown character in field `name_ms'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:252: LC_NAME: unknown character in field `name_mrs'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:253: LC_NAME: unknown character in field `name_miss'
LC_MESSAGES: value for field `yesexpr' must not be an empty string
LC_MESSAGES: value for field `noexpr' must not be an empty string                      [ !! ]
*  (3/4) Generating bg_BG.UTF-8...                                                     [ ok ]
*  (4/4) Generating bg_BG.ISO-8859-1...
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:161: LC_MONETARY: unknown character in field `currency_symbol'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:196: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abday'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:197: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abday'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:198: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abday'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:199: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abday'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:200: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abday'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:201: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abday'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:202: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abday'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:203: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `day'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:204: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `day'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:205: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `day'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:206: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `day'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:207: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `day'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:208: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `day'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:209: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `day'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:210: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:211: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:212: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:213: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:214: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:215: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:216: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:217: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:218: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:219: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:220: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:221: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `abmon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:222: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:223: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:224: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:225: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:226: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:227: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:228: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:229: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:230: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:231: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:232: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:233: LC_TIME: unknown character in field `mon'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:238: LC_MESSAGES: unknown character in field `yesexpr'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:239: LC_MESSAGES: unknown character in field `noexpr'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:250: LC_NAME: unknown character in field `name_mr'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:251: LC_NAME: unknown character in field `name_ms'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:252: LC_NAME: unknown character in field `name_mrs'
/usr/share/i18n/locales/bg_BG:253: LC_NAME: unknown character in field `name_miss'
LC_MESSAGES: value for field `yesexpr' must not be an empty string
LC_MESSAGES: value for field `noexpr' must not be an empty string                      [ !! ]
* Generation complete

Hm-m... yes, seems it has done something but I had to edit:
/etc/env.d/02locale
~/.bashrc
/etc/locale.gen
/etc/make.conf

so then all say: bg_BG when needed in the fields... lets see... restart.

[micia]

Don't use locale-gen, just follow the standard procedure if the needed locales are already there, available Bulgarian locales are the ones listed in my post:

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micia@il-padre-laptop ~ $ locale -a | grep bg
bg_BG
bg_BG.cp1251
bg_BG.utf8


notice the lowercase utf8, as you can see locale-gen is giving errors about that:

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/bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (bg.UTF-8)


Try to use:
bg_BG.utf8

[adXok]

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sabayon adxok # locale -a | grep bg
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_COLLATE to default locale: No such file or directory
bg_BG
bg_BG.iso88591
bg_BG.utf8


Something is wrong...
should I restart


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Oh, man... after restart the Login menu I had the iption of Bulgarian so I choose it. So the login menu now is in Bulgarian... mhm-m happy BUT:
when Saboyon loaded the desktop some of the menus were in Bulgarian and some still in English. From what I recall in my memory all of them should be in Bulgarian. Strange... but I get progress after all... funy linux.

[micia]

It is wrong because probably you edited your files to set the wrong locale generated previously.
Edit the files as indicated in the article from the Gentoo wiki, then restart.
You have to provide the correct locale, when the localization is incorrect all the applications that rely on localization (any application) will give you that warning.

Which is your current locale?
Use this command to know that

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locale