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Your Interface is in the wrong language or translations are missing. Here is a tutorial to change the language of Linux Mint (to French for example) or install some of the missing translations.


Introduction

What is software regionalization

Put simply, the regionalization of a software corresponds to the translation of the user interface in a language other than the default one as well as the formatting of numbers, dates, measures, etc. in the sauce of the chosen locality. But, not all software necessarily has translation and / or regionalization ...


The global regionalization of Linux Mint

It is done during the first step of installing Linux Mint with the choice of language.


This choice allows:


to have a guide in French (or other) for the following steps

and above all to finally have the system and basic applications in the selected language.

Except that some of the language installation packages must be downloaded in order to install them. So if you don't have an internet connection, after installation, the affected applications will remain in English and will require regionalization package installation afterwards. For example, this is the case with Firefox or Thunderbird ...


Finally, this regionalization of Linux Mint can be done after its installation as we will see below.


Software regionalization under Debian / Ubuntu / Linux Mint

Regionalization of some software can be done with the installation of a specific package. For example in Ubuntu and Linux Mint, the regionalization in French of:


Firefox is done with the firefox-locale-fr package

Thunderbird, with thunderbird-locale-fr

LibreOffice, with libreoffice-l10n-fr

Chromium (open-source platform for Google Chrome browser), with chromium-browser-l10n

For others, the base packages incorporate regionalization files and will use the system settings by default to provide their interface in the corresponding language (example: GIMP, Inkscape, ...)


Change the language of Linux Mint

Start by updating your system. You can do this with the update manager or from the command line:


sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

So, to access the regionalization settings and change the language of Linux Mint, go to Menu> Preferences> Languages ​​(Cinnamon and Mate) or Menu> Settings> Languages ​​(Xfce):


You can also access it from the System Settings (Cinnamon) / Control Center (Mate) / Settings (Xfce) panel:



This will open the system languages ​​management panel:


A standard user can only change the language of his account and can only choose a language previously installed by an administrator ...


Install a new language

This operation requires an administrator account.


If you want to change the language of your system, you must first install the language you want, because it may not be available in the list of those available in the base.


So, to add a new language, in the Language Support section, click on Install / Remove Languages ​​...


And enter your administrator password. Then, a window opens with the list of installed languages. Click Add ...


Then select the desired language (1), and click on Install (2).


For each of the languages, you have the choice between several character encodings. Prefer UTF-8 which is the most used today.


The installed language is added to the list of languages ​​available for the system.


Install missing language files for basic applications

These applications include, among others, Firefox (Mozilla web browser) and Thunderbird (Mozilla mail client).


So, to install the missing files, still in the Install / remove languages… window, select the language in question and this time click on Install language packs.


Then the system searches for the missing packages and then presents a list of those it will install. This is mainly a metapackage grouping together several other packages. Do Continue.


Once the installation is complete, the list presented is refreshed to indicate the language as fully installed.


After restarting or disconnecting / reconnecting, if you launch Firefox or Thunderbird, they should be in the language you want. 🙂


Regionalize or change the language of Linux Mint (Interface and system)

Now that all the language files are present in the system (step above), in the language settings panel, Language section, select the desired one.


You can also change in Region, the country. This will allow regionalization of dates, currency, etc.


Then, if you are an administrator, so that the entire system (login screen, other users, etc.) is in the chosen language, in the System settings section, click Apply to the whole system. Otherwise only your user will see their regionalization change.


And enter your administrator password.


Finally, log out of the account or restart your computer to see the change take effect.


When you reconnect, you are then offered to rename the standard folders (Documents, Images, Music, etc.) in the chosen language.


There is no right choice. On the other hand, if you have already created shortcuts to these folders, it may be better to keep their names as they are by not having to recreate them ... It's up to everyone to see what they prefer.


If you choose to keep the names already present (which may be preferable on a system that has already been used), remember to check Do not ask the question again, otherwise each time you open a session, you will have the window. On the other hand, this possibility will not be offered later even if you change the language again ... But, if you update the names, there is no need to check the option.


Change the language of Linux Mint on the command line

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