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Title:
  [SRU] LibreOffice localization is not working out of the box

Status in calamares-settings-ubuntu package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in calamares-settings-ubuntu source package in Impish:
  Won't Fix
Status in calamares-settings-ubuntu source package in Jammy:
  Fix Released
Status in calamares-settings-ubuntu source package in Kinetic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * Due to an error in our configuration, users who install Lubuntu in a
     language other than English end up with LibreOffice still displaying in
     English. The localization package for the user's language must be
     installed manually in order to make LibreOffice display properly.
   
   * This is because our Calamares configuration does not allow the 
     installed system to access the Internet during the installation
     process, as the resolv.conf file of the installed system is left as a
     dangling symlink. While our configuration is designed to automatically
     download and install the proper localization files during installation,
     it fails to actually download those files due to this problem. This bug
     has been verified to affect both Lubuntu and Ubuntu Studio.
     
   * Additionally, the current configuration only installs the LibreOffice
     help files for the chosen language, pulling in the localization package
     as a dependency. This fails on languages such as Icelandic where the
     localization package exists but the help package doesn't.
   
   * This SRU resolves the issue by bind-mounting /run/systemd/resolve from
     the live environment to the installed system. This provides the
     installed system the required resolv.conf file, permitting it to access
     the Internet and install packages during the initial installation
     process. Additionally, the localization package is explicitly pulled
     in, ensuring that the localization package is installed regardless of
     whether or not the help package for the selected language exists.

  [Test plan]

   * Create a VM using Lubuntu or Ubuntu Studio 22.04's ISO, and boot into
     the live environment.
   
   * Double-click the installation icon on the VM's desktop.
   
   * Select a language other than English to install in (I usually use
     German, but French and Icelandic will work too).
     
   * Continue with the rest of the installation in your selected language.
     This bug appears to occur whether you use the defaults or install in
     an advanced configuration.
   
   * When the installation is complete, allow the VM to reboot.
   
   * Once the VM has rebooted, launch any LibreOffice app (like LibreOffice
     writer). You will see the user interface is in English despite your
     language choice during the installation process.
   
   * Boot back into the live ISO of your chosen flavor, and install the
     calamares-settings-ubuntu-common package from this SRU into the live
     environment of the VM.
   
   * Install either the calamares-settings-lubuntu or
     calamares-settings-ubuntustudio package into the live environment of
     the VM, depending on which flavor you are testing.
   
   * Repeat the steps to reproduce the bug. This time, when you launch a
     LibreOffice app after installing the flavor, the user interface will
     appear in your desired language (if the proper localization package for
     LibreOffice exists).

  [Where problems could occur]

   * A multilingual user may be annoyed to find that LibreOffice is
     displaying in their native language when they prefer for it to display
     in English. But having LibreOffice display in an
     understandable-but-non-ideal language is a lot better than having it
     display in an unintelligible language, and the user can change the
     language LibreOffice display language from within the office suite's
     options.

   * An error in the configuration files could potentially cause a breakage
     in the "mount" or "packages" module of Calamares, potentially resulting
     in installation failures or a system too damaged to use after
     installation. Due to the rather obvious nature of such bugs and the
     thorough test suite we intend to put the package through, such an error
     will be easy to notice.

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  Original bug report:

  Using Lubuntu 22.04 within a virtual machine made using virt-manager,
  KVM, and QEMU.

  When Lubuntu 22.04 is installed in a language other than English, the
  LibreOffice UI displays in English, despite the user's language
  choice. The issue can be worked around by running "sudo apt update"
  followed by "sudo apt install libreoffice-l10n-<lang>", where <lang>
  is replaced with the 2-character language code (for example, de or
  fr). This will cause LibreOffice to display in the correct language.

  I have tested using both German and French language options at install
  time - the problem exists in both scenarios.

  Reproducibility: 100%

  Steps to reproduce (edited to be more precise):

  1: Open virt-manager.
  2: Add a connection to "QEMU User session".
  3: Create a new virtual machine under "QEMU User session". I set the OS as "Ubuntu 21.04", since that's the newest version of Ubuntu that my version of virt-manager supports. I gave the VM 20 GB of hard drive space, 4 GB of RAM, and 2 CPU cores. I didn't make any other customizations.
  4: Once the VM is running, select "Try or install Lubuntu" in the GRUB prompt.
  5: Once Lubuntu is done booting, double-click "Install Lubuntu 22.04".
  6: At the first screen of the installation, select a language other than American English. I tried using German and French, and they both reproduced the issue.
  7: Use the default keyboard settings for your chosen language.
  8: Use the "Erase disk" option when choosing where to install Lubuntu.
  9: Set your name as "User", your username as "user", your computer name as "user-germantest", and your password as "z". I also enabled automatic login here.
  10: Wait for the installation to finish, then reboot.
  11: Open LibreOffice Writer.

  Expected result: The UI should be displayed in the language selected
  at install time.

  Actual result: The UI displays in English, regardless of the language
  selected at install time.

  Additional notes:

  I am using LibreOffice version 7.3.2 within the VM. I am using fully-
  updated Ubuntu Studio 21.10 as the host OS.

  Prior to running "sudo apt update", there are no LibreOffice
  localization packages available in apt (as verified by doing "apt-
  cache search l10n"). After the update, the packages appear.

  I have not yet tested Ubuntu 22.04 for this problem, so I do not know
  if this applies to Ubuntu as a whole, or to Lubuntu alone. I do intend
  to test this in the near future.

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