Can't change language - only en_US is available

[martinwguy]

When going to XO->My Settings->Language, American English - United States is the only available choice.

If, as root, you go

dpkg-reconfigure locales

and select a few other languages, set a different one as the default, the other languages appear immediately in the My Settings->Language dialog. However, to apply a different language you need to Log Out and back in again, but even if you know that the username is "user", you don't know its password.

Fixing that with Ctrl-Alt-F1 sudo passwd user and logging back in, items on the Home page are all in the chosen language but translation in the Acivities is mostly missing (for example, selecting German, Write's only translated word is "Strg" instead of "Ctrl" in tooltips with a keyboard shortcut).

[quozl]

At the moment, because this is a developer tool, Sugar Live Build uses the language set on the system on which the build was made, and does not enable other languages.

Enabling other languages is a function of Debian Live Build, which is a software component used by Sugar Live Build. A quick search yields;

• Debian Live Manual - Customising Locale and Language,
• Zukuless Live Build - for LEGO Mindstorms,
• Nerotux - Debian Live Howto - Language and Locale

Once the other languages are included in a build and the boot menu, there should be no need to use dpkg-reconfigure or change language inside Sugar.

[quozl]

You may want to restrict languages to well-supported ones. For a list of well-supported languages for Sugar and activities, have a look at our translation web app and the PO files in sources.

[martinwguy]

Perfect. Many thanks