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    • HomeStudiocz
      HomeStudiocz last edited by

      yes this work mee use Endevvour OS and only rewirite to

      Exec=opera --lang=cs %U save it and run opera and opera run with my native language czech

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      • kocis2023
        kocis2023 @philou-69210 last edited by

        @philou-69210 In Artix with openrc, it was enough to click PM on the Opera icon on the desktop and in the attributes of this icon, complete the following command: exec=opera --lang=pl %U.
        And it works. It turned out that there was no need to enter the system.

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        • philou-69210
          philou-69210 @kocis2023 last edited by

          @kocis2023 Hi Kocis, it was enough for me to edit the application file each time Opera release an update. I imported my bookmarks in Firefox and uninstalled Opera from all my devices.

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          • trsword52
            trsword52 last edited by

            Create create folders, select edit launcher to provide desktop.
            Type opera %U --lang=(your lang) in the command line and save it.
            With this shortcut you have created on your desktop, the transponders are opened in Opera Your Lang
            Example:
            Type opera %U --lang=tr

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            • josegjimenez
              josegjimenez last edited by

              Greetings to all, I solved it by renaming the file en-US.pak to en-US_bak.pak and then I renamed the file es.pak to en-US.pak and I now have opera in Spanish

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              • josegjimenez
                josegjimenez @josegjimenez last edited by

                @josegjimenez ubuntu:

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                • bilalerdiyildiz
                  bilalerdiyildiz last edited by

                  Hello,
                  I use Fedora 38 Workspace (Gnome). I have tried all the solutions here, but there is no solution. Opera One is still in default language. Is there any other method other than these that I should do?

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                  • tobiasitalo
                    tobiasitalo last edited by leocg

                    [Hello,
                    Neither in the stable version nor in the dev version am I successful in carrying out the procedures I found on the internet (and those in this forum as well).]

                    [For example, access the settings and set Portuguese as the preferred language.]

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                    [My Operating System is in Portuguese natively.

                    Below are the versions I'm currently using of the OS and Opera (with all updates available to date):]

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                    • tobiasitalo
                      tobiasitalo @tobiasitalo last edited by

                      @tobiasitalo

                      Acabei de revisar as configurações de região e idioma e estão todas em português do Brasil.

                      [I just reviewed the region and language settings and they are all in Brazilian Portuguese.]

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                      • LogoJorge
                        LogoJorge @josegjimenez last edited by

                        @josegjimenez this method is very good, thank you. but some distributions have different location
                        for Mx Linux (debian based) path is /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/localization/

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                        • HomeStudiocz
                          HomeStudiocz @LogoJorge last edited by

                          @logojorge me change language in menu metod. when opera update everytime my nation language Snímek obrazovky pořízený 2024-01-20 17-39-02.png

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                          • smitharro
                            smitharro @the-codifier last edited by

                            @the-codifier said in Can't change UI language. No option "Display opera in that language":

                            Re: Can't change UI language

                            I had the same issue when I recently installed Opera Stable on Fedora 36 KDE. My native language is spanish, so I will use this language on this tutorial. Probably it will work for all Linux distros.

                            1. Go to this route on your File Manager /usr/share/applications
                            2. In this route, you find many files with .desktop extension. These are the icons you use to open the programs. Find the Opera Browser one (usually called opera.desktop)
                            3. Right click on it and open with your favorite text editor (I use Kate in KDE)
                            4. The first section must look like these
                            [Desktop Entry]
                            Version=1.0
                            Name=Opera
                            GenericName=Web browser
                            Comment=Fast and secure web browser
                            TryExec=opera
                            Exec=opera %U
                            Terminal=false
                            Icon=opera
                            

                            Locate the line Exec
                            5. Add the text lang=your language after the word opera. Example for spanish

                            Exec=opera --lang=es %U
                            
                            1. Write the --lang flag in all places where you find Exec on the file
                            2. Save the changes on file. Probably the text editor claim you for the super user (root) password. Type it.
                            3. Double click on Opera icon. Your browser now opens on the language you selected.

                            The reason of this is: Opera is charged with all the languages, but the instruction that launches must be declared with the flag --lang to be opened on the language you want.

                            I hope I have been helpful.

                            Thanks, though the topic is old, in my case it was helpfull and it worked!

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                            • LukKi-One
                              LukKi-One last edited by

                              Hi

                              it's much easier as discribed.
                              In this case Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.3
                              Opera Flatpak Version

                              Got to your Startmenu all your way to the entry of the opera browser
                              right-click it an go on properties and add "-lang=Your Language ID"
                              as you can see in the screenshot below and your are done without messing with folders

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                              • rewers79
                                rewers79 last edited by

                                On Ubuntu:

                                • close opera

                                • open terminal

                                cp /usr/share/applications/opera.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
                                
                                nano ~/.local/share/applications/opera.desktop
                                
                                • change the line:
                                  Exec=opera %U
                                  to:
                                  Exec=opera --lang=[language_code] %U
                                  where: [language_code] is example: pl

                                • save and close the file

                                • open opera 😉

                                • enjoy

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                                • Raffidafi
                                  Raffidafi last edited by

                                  same hier !?!?

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                                  • pici1251
                                    pici1251 last edited by

                                    I found a solution for my environment:

                                    • I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
                                    • Opera rel. 114.0.5282.21 (snap version)
                                      I added --lang=it (my preferred language) to the command line used by opera launcher
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                                      Great: it works fine!!!😁 😁 😁

                                    Now I will test Ubuntu 24.04.4 over my laptop and over VMVirtualMachine, but I'm optimist ...

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                                    • pici1251
                                      pici1251 last edited by

                                      I just tested over VMVirtalBox - 24.04.1 LTS (Noble Numbat) 64-bit:

                                      OK!!! it works 😁 😁 😁

                                      Bye

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                                      • yokoopera
                                        yokoopera @pici1251 last edited by

                                        @pici1251

                                        many thanks!

                                        I edited the file with an editor and was able to change the language.

                                        /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/opera_opera.desktop
                                        😁 😁 😁

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                                        • rewers79
                                          rewers79 @yokoopera last edited by

                                          @yokoopera - always work on a copy of the activator

                                          cp /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/opera_opera.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
                                          
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                                          • ThePhoenix-90
                                            ThePhoenix-90 last edited by

                                            Can't still change the language except for the method submitted earlier... Did you have any plan to let us do it from the Opera Settings?

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