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

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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

              Bildschirmfoto vom 2024-05-26 13-57-46.png

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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
                      Opera.dektop2024-09-27 11-43-49.png
                      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
                        😁 😁 😁

                        Screenshot From 2024-11-26 23-52-42.png

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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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