0

I want to run a Baka-MPlayer (a QT application) with another language (Dutch). I tried doing LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8 ./baka-mplayer, but it didn't work. My current LANG variable is set to en_GB.UTF-8 When I type in LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8 locale, it gives an error that the locale isn't installed.

wb9688
  • 1,437
  • 3
    More info is needed, but if you mean changing temporarily the system language so that the application detects a different language in the system if it requests it, then your answer might be here http://askubuntu.com/questions/142812/temporarily-change-language-for-terminal-messages-warnings-errors – MyUserIsThis Jan 18 '16 at 14:19
  • @MyUserIsThis: Actually I think the OP may have provided sufficient info. It's a well known problem that some qt applications don't interpret the locale correctly. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Jan 18 '16 at 15:43
  • Furthermore, I don't think this is a duplicate of question 142812. If at all a duplicate, I'd rather suggest http://askubuntu.com/questions/447454/how-to-change-the-ui-language-on-clementine – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Jan 18 '16 at 15:54

1 Answers1

0

Some qt applications use (incorrectly) the LC_NUMERIC locale category to pick the display language. Hence you may want to try:

LC_NUMERIC=nl_NL.UTF-8 ./application

Or, if that doesn't work either, try:

LC_ALL=nl_NL.UTF-8 ./application

Edit:

When seeing the additional info after you edited the question, it looks like you haven't installed the Dutch language. You'd better do so using Language Support.

Gunnar Hjalmarsson
  • 33,540
  • 3
  • 64
  • 94