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[Bug 883884] Re: package sets Chinese as the system language

 

The way to install new languages or to switch the language is to use the
language selector user interface, which takes care of installing any
additional packages needed to run a given locale.

Thanks for reporting this bug, but at this point I'll mark it as won't
fix.

** Changed in: ubuntu-translations
       Status: New => Won't Fix

** Changed in: ubuntu-translations
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
  package sets Chinese as the system language

Status in Ubuntu Translations:
  Won't Fix
Status in “language-pack-kde-zh-hans” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  after

      sudo aptitude install language-pack-kde-zh-hans

  I found out that the system default language is Chinese. The problem
  is that I need the computer to understand Chinese, not Chinese to
  understand the computer.

  The really annoying thing is that there is no easy way to switch back
  to English, the font size that is normal for English is too small for
  Chinese, and there is no way to copy the text from GUI controls to a
  robotic translator (like google or mdbg.net).

  Expected behaviour:
  the language pack does not change the selected system language, or at least asks the user if the change is desirable

  Actual:
  the language pack at installation time silently changes the system language, making the system unusable.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: language-pack-kde-zh-hans 1:11.10+20111006
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Oct 30 19:43:05 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: language-pack-kde-zh-hans
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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