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

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    • the-codifier
      the-codifier last edited by

      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.

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      • minho
        minho last edited by

        Same on Arch Linux running Gnome.
        One more stupid bug on linux...

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        • philou-69210
          philou-69210 last edited by

          Same on Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon with Version:92.0.4561.43.

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          • mauermer
            mauermer @the-codifier last edited by

            @the-codifier

            The same here with Kubuntu 22.10. Thank you very much, it worked.
            Regards from Germany.

            mauermer

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            • pmG4469
              pmG4469 last edited by

              I have the same issue, I am on Fedora Linux 37 and I downloaded the opera-stable_94.0.4606.38_amd64.rpm installation file

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              • saulodebaco
                saulodebaco last edited by

                Same here. POP OS 22.04 LTS. The trick suggested by @the-codifier did not work.

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  Hi

                  The problem continues on Opera-Stable Version: 94.0.4606.76 for Linux. Tested on VM in several Linux distributions and with the same problem and not changing the requested language. keeping only the language in English

                  Can the developers of this browser fix this problem, gentlemen forum administrators?

                  Operaphoto_2023-01-29_09-48-27.jpg

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                  • burnout426
                    burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

                    I did some testing. "Display Opera in this language" option isn't available in Chromium-based browsers on Linux (like Chrome, Chromium, Vivaldi, and Opera). It's available on the Windows versions though.

                    With that said, on Linux, you have to use the --lang=code command-line switch.

                    After adding German to opera://settings/languages and moving it to the top, I closed Opera and tested --lang=de with Opera and it works as expected. The UI was in German. This also worked for me in Vivaldi. I couldn't get it to work for Chrome and Chromium though for some reason. I tested on Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.1.

                    On a side, I tried setting app_locale to de in the "Local State" file in the profile folder, which seems to be what Windows does for the "Display Opera in this language" option, but that didn't help. So, I guess it's indeed required to use the --lang command-line switch.

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                    • saulodebaco
                      saulodebaco @burnout426 last edited by

                      @burnout426 Many tks, friend. The option --lang=pt-BR worked like a charm!

                      To make it easier I have added this to file /usr/share/applications/opera.desktop/
                      Exec=opera --lang=pt-BR %U

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                      • scitari
                        scitari last edited by

                        Heja,

                        The Opera browser I have running under Linux (Linuxfs, Ubuntu-based), is missing the option to change browser/interface language.

                        The option I have with Opera under Windows 10 (= selecting browser language in "preferred languages" within settings) seems to be missing.

                        Google Search didn't really reveal promising answers.

                        What do I need to do to change Opera language?

                        Best regards
                        Christian

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @scitari last edited by

                          @scitari Check the whole topic above.

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                          • scitari
                            scitari @leocg last edited by

                            @leocg Yes, thanks, did, I understand the workaround, but in my case Opera is set-up in a snap, and editing files as root in a read-only environment is actually not really user-friendly.

                            Having the same browser setting in the Linux version as in the Windows version would likely help adoption by other users. Just a gentle nudge to Opera developers.

                            Best
                            Christian

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                            • reinaldofox
                              reinaldofox last edited by leocg

                              Opera cares so much about filling the app with nasty and unnecessary things and doesn't pay attention to such a basic and crucial thing.

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                              • Saragoo
                                Saragoo last edited by

                                OK, there is something that may work.

                                I opened my filemanager (Nemo or Thunar or ...) with the terminal (sudo nemo) and then i go to /usr/share/applications
                                Right-click on Opera and open the attributes menu (in German "Eigenschaften", i do not know if the translation is correct).
                                Change the command opera %U into opera --lang=de (de for german, choose your language)
                                Close this. Now Opera should open in the correct language. I hope it works.

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                                • Saragoo
                                  Saragoo last edited by

                                  Tried to post a solution here, but Opera Forums doesn't want to publish it. Only thing Opera cares is to place promotion into the Browser.

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

                                    @saragoo Hello, this workaround was already post here. Developers of Opera don't take care of their Linux Users. It's a shame.

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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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