Can't change UI language. No option "Display opera in that language"
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mauermer last edited by
The same here with Kubuntu 22.10. Thank you very much, it worked.
Regards from Germany.mauermer
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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 last edited by
Same here. POP OS 22.04 LTS. The trick suggested by @the-codifier did not work.
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edsonmartim last edited byHi
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?
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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=codecommand-line switch.After adding German to
opera://settings/languagesand moving it to the top, I closed Opera and tested--lang=dewith 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_localetodein 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. -
saulodebaco 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 -
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
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scitari 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
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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 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. -
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 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 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
