Can't change UI language. No option "Display opera in that language"

[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

6. Write the --lang flag in all places where you find Exec on the file
7. Save the changes on file. Probably the text editor claim you for the super user (root) password. Type it.
8. 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!

[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

[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

[Raffidafi]

Raffidafi last edited by

same hier !?!?

[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
  
  Great: it works fine!!!

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

[pici1251]

pici1251 last edited by

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

OK!!! it works

Bye

[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

[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/

[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?

[Leconcombremasque]

Leconcombremasque @the-codifier last edited by

@the-codifier It works with my Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon.
Thank you kindly.

[yokoopera]

yokoopera @rewers79 last edited by

@rewers79

Sorry for the late reply.

I have already uninstalled the snap version and am using the apt(deb) version.

I think your information will be useful when I switch to the snap version in the future.

Thank you!