There are no additional languages available on this system

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When I accidentally deleted Localizations via BleachBit, in system settings I can't add another language. And this massage pop-up: "There are no additional languages available on this system." How can I fix this?

Mathieu J. · Answer 1 · 2020-04-29T23:04:23.413

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First run sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales from the command line to adjust your locales setting.

Then open the Languages module from the System Settings.

There is an Add language button.

you can order multiple languages in order of preferences. if some translations strings are missing, it will automatically fallback to your next favorite.

you need to logout and log back in after adding languages

edited Apr 29 '20 at 23:04

answered Apr 29 '20 at 14:05

Mathieu J.

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Ummm... Did you see my screenshot? I can not click on this button. – Dgir Apr 29 '20 at 14:14
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@Dgir your image was camouflaged under "Please help". I've added it to the question so it's directly visible. – DK Bose Apr 29 '20 at 16:06
@Dgir can you check what your /etc/default/locale contains, and run locale-gen after configuring it ? see: https://askubuntu.com/questions/76013/how-do-i-add-locale-to-ubuntu-server – Mathieu J. Apr 29 '20 at 22:06
FYI: I do not have any language-pack-* packages installed – Mathieu J. Apr 29 '20 at 22:12
FYI: translation files comes directly with application packages. dpkg -S /usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/konsole.mo == konsole – Mathieu J. Apr 29 '20 at 22:15
So? Did you found what happens and how I can resolve my problem, or you do not know the solution? – Dgir May 05 '20 at 17:56
I am sorry, I do not know what is missing on your setup... did you run sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales ? – Mathieu J. May 05 '20 at 23:33
I run sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales anwser below
I run sudo grep -rn da_DK /etc This what I get:

dgir@dgir-PC:~$ sudo grep -rn da_DK /etc [sudo] password for dgir: /etc/locale.alias:42:danish da_DK.ISO-8859-1 /etc/locale.alias:43:dansk da_DK.ISO-8859-1
– Dgir May 06 '20 at 08:48
I have the same. sorry I don't know – Mathieu J. May 08 '20 at 02:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 30 '20 at 07:34

@Mathieu J. In /etc/default/locale

#  File generated by update-locale
#LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LANGUAGE="ru:en_US:en"
LANG="ru_RU.UTF-8"

From locale-gen

dgir@dgir-PC:~$ sudo locale-gen
[sudo] password for dgir: 
Generating locales (this might take a while)...
  en_AG.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_AU.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_AU': No such file or directory
 done
  en_BW.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_CA.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_CA': No such file or directory
 done
  en_DK.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_GB.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_HK.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_IE.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_IL.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_IN.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_NG.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `da_DK': No such file or directory
 done
  en_NZ.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_PH.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_SG.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_US.ISO-8859-1...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_US.ISO-8859-15...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_US.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_ZA.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_ZM.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  en_ZW.UTF-8...failed to set locale!
[error] cannot open locale definition file `en_GB': No such file or directory
 done
  ru_RU.ISO-8859-5... done
  ru_RU.CP1251... done
  ru_RU.KOI8-R... done
  ru_RU.UTF-8... done
  ru_UA.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
dgir@dgir-PC:~$

since you already have en_US in LANGUAGE, I would remote the trailing :en at the end, maybe that will remove all the hits for missing definition for en_* — Mathieu J., May 05 '20 at 23:36
the da_DK is weird, as it is the only non english and non russian locale listen. to me, it is a hint to look for another config file hitting at your bug. I would sudo grep -rn da_DK /etc to find any references to that locale — Mathieu J., May 05 '20 at 23:36

Dgir · Answer 3 · 2020-05-06T08:50:27.870

So. I delete ALL errors messages like

  aa_DJ.ISO-8859-1...[error] cannot open locale definition file `aa_DJ': No such file or directory
 done

because there are too many of them and the entire log does not fit in one comment. I left only those that were without error, to my surprise there was no English on "locales", strange, but there are other languages and Russian, which is my main language. So I do not know what to do, this so so frustrating, losing my mind here.

dgir@dgir-PC:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
[sudo] password for dgir: 
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
        LANGUAGE = "en_US:ru",
        LC_ALL = (unset),
        LC_ADDRESS = "ru_RU.UTF-8",
        LC_NAME = "ru_RU.UTF-8",
        LC_MONETARY = "ru_RU.UTF-8",
        LC_PAPER = "ru_RU.UTF-8",
        LC_IDENTIFICATION = "ru_RU.UTF-8",
        LC_TELEPHONE = "ru_RU.UTF-8",
        LC_MEASUREMENT = "ru_RU.UTF-8",
        LC_TIME = "ru_RU.UTF-8",
        LC_NUMERIC = "ru_RU.UTF-8",
        LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
Generating locales (this might take a while)...
  bem_ZM.UTF-8... done
  ber_MA.UTF-8... done
  cmn_TW.UTF-8... done
  hak_TW.UTF-8... done
  mfe_MU.UTF-8... done
  niu_NU.UTF-8... done
  niu_NZ.UTF-8... done
  ru_RU.ISO-8859-5... done
  ru_RU.CP1251... done
  ru_RU.KOI8-R... done
  ru_RU.UTF-8... done
  ru_UA.KOI8-U... done
  ru_UA.UTF-8... done
  sah_RU.UTF-8... done
  tpi_PG.UTF-8... done
  unm_US.UTF-8... done
  yuw_PG.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
*** update-locale: Error: invalid locale settings:  LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NAME="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="ru_RU.UTF-8" LANGUAGE="ru:en_US:en" LC_TELEPHONE="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="ru_RU.UTF-8" LC_TIME="ru_RU.UTF-8"
dgir@dgir-PC:~$

Actually, the error is the hint to your resolution... I found this https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/299536/locale-error-cannot-open-locale-definition-file-fa-ir#299547 I have a feeling it will solve your problem — Mathieu J., May 08 '20 at 02:30

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 08 '20 at 02:34

if you get this error.

aa_DJ.ISO-8859-1...[error] cannot open locale definition fileaa_DJ': No such file or directory`

when running locale-gen

checkout this related answer

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/299536/locale-error-cannot-open-locale-definition-file-fa-ir#299547

sudo apt-get purge locales
sudo apt-get purge language-pack-fa
sudo apt-get install locales
sudo apt-get install language-pack-fa

There are no additional languages available on this system

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