[Solved] gtk-language-selection-tool doesn't work

[hatochan]

Hi guys,

I try to choose Japanese language on gtk-language-selection-tool.
But I cannot choose a system language of system encoding.
Its pull-down menu is light color and may not work.

Porteus version is 3.0-i486.
I try to do it on all desktop environment; KDE4, LXDE, MATE, RazorQT and XFCE.
It is same situation both of Graphic mode and Always Fresh.
My environment is VirtualBox 4.3.8 r92456 on Ubuntu 13.10 Japanese edition.

Please give me any idea to solve this situation.

[fanthom]

seems to be ok here:
http://i60.tinypic.com/2yzaiw6.jpg
kde4, qmmp and even MC are localized to japanese.

Firefox's localization is broken (probable as we are in the ESR channel now) so i'll fix it tomorrow on the server.

[hatochan]

Thank you for your quick response.

I am able to confirm that your photo is localized in Japanese.
Can you select system encoding to ja-JP on pull-down menu of gtk-selection-language-tool?
Why don't I know something wrong

[hatochan]

I checked locale system.
At first, there is not locale command on porteus after running gtk-language-selection-tool,
but it worked until choosing system encoding.

bash: locale: command not found

Secondly, I checked porteus packages in /var/log/packages. there is just only two
packages for glibc related librarys:

glibc-solibs-2.17
glibc-zoneinfo-2013d

I guess that it could not load glibc-2.17, glibc-i18n and glibc-profile-2.17 on
gtk-language-selection-tool. How do you think about it?

[fanthom]

encodings list is generated after mounting glibc-i18n-x86_64-1ftm.xzm over httpfs.
maybe you have proxy/firewall enabled which is blocking it?

please try this command manually:

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httpfs2 http://dl.porteus.org/x86_64/current/packages/Language-Selection-Tool/glibc-i18n-x86_64-1ftm.xzm /mnt/cdrom

and check if module appears in /mnt/cdrom.

EDIT
Firefox localization bug is resolved now.

[hatochan]

Hi

My firewall from inside is not so hard.
So I can get xzm files from porteus.org site by wget command.

I tried to do and install your suggestion that glibc-i18n-2.17-i486-7.
My porteus arch is i486 not x86_64.
Additionally, I got and installed glibc-2.17-i386-7 from slackware14.1 site.

But pulldown menu of Choose a system language is still light color.
I cannot choose Japanese on the menu.

[hatochan]

Hi

I run gtk-language-selection-tool by console.
It displayed the following:

##############################
Your module has been mounted at:
/mnt/loop

You can unmount it by typing uloop

Here is a list of the files:

Final module will be placed at /tmp/language-files

[yedash]

I'm Spanish and i have exactly the same problem.

I downloaded glibc-i18n-2.17-i486-7.xzm from http://ponce.cc/porteus/i486/current/pa ... tion-Tool/ and I put in on my modules folder.
After reboot, locale -a show different locales including es_ES
I tried to use Language-Selection-Tool but it didn't work either.
I changed manually my locale in /etc/profile.d/lang.sh and /etc/profile.d/lang.csh an with them I builded a Porteus Module that i put on my modules folder too.
I downloaded 001-core_locales.xzm and 003-lxde.xzm from http://ponce.cc/porteus/i486/current/modules and I put them in my modules folder.
After reboot some things are in Spanish but the most of them like pcmanfm continues in English.

Can anyone help us to change the language of our Porteus?

[hatochan]

Hi

I can make to work gtk-language-selection-tool
I found that there is no locale directories on /mnt/loop

I copy locale directories from /usr/lib/locale to /mnt/loop

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su -
cd /mnt/loop
mkdir -p usr/lib/locale
cd usr/lib/locale
cp -p /usr/lib/locale/* .
gtk-language-selection-tool

Please try to do it

[yedash]

I have changed some lines in the script and now works

The lines Changed:

export arch=x86_64
export lib=lib64
export build=$arch-1ftm

export arch=i486
export lib=lib
export build=2.17-$arch-7

echo "Mounting glibc over httpfs" >/tmp/.message
silent_check_url $localeslink
if [ $url -eq 1 ]; then
httpfs2 $localeslink/glibc-i18n-$build.xzm $wrk/bundle >> $log 2>&1
mloop $wrk/bundle/glibc-i18n-$build.xzm && logit "glibc mounted at /mnt/loop"

The complete gtk-language-selection-tool modified:

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#!/bin/bash
## Script to download language, locale and man files
## for your chosen language. This script is called from
## the Porteus Settings Centre

## Author: Fanthom
## Adapted to gtkdialog by Brokenman
## Date: 01 July 2013
## Email: <admin@porteus.org>

LSTSCRIPT="$(cd "${0%/*}" 2>/dev/null; echo "$PWD"/"${0##*/}")"
[ ! $DISPLAY ] && echo "$LSTSCRIPT requires an xsession" && exit
. /usr/lib/librokenman

trap clean_and_bail SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM
exec 2>/dev/null

## Variables
porteus_desktops="kde mate razorqt xfce lxde"
porteus_browsers="opera chrome firefox"
if [ `uname -m` = x86_64 ]; then
    export arch=x86_64
    export lib=lib64
    export build=$arch-1ftm
else
    export arch=i486
    export lib=lib
    export build=2.17-$arch-7
fi
export wrk=/tmp/lst_wrk
log=/var/log/lst.log
dir=$wrk/build
repo=http://ponce.cc/porteus
localeslink=$repo/$arch/current/packages/Language-Selection-Tool/
kdelink=$repo/x86_64/current/packages/Language-Selection-Tool/
nlink=$repo/i486/current/packages/Language-Selection-Tool/
icons=/usr/share/pixmaps/porteus
dump=$wrk/.dump

## Touch log file
date > $log && touch $log

## Functions
silent_check_url(){
if (wget -q --spider --force-html --inet4-only "$1"); then url=1; fi
}

check_mloop(){
if [ -d /mnt/loop ]; then
  [ `ls -1 /mnt/loop|wc -l` -lt 1 ] && badloop=1
    else
  badloop=1
fi
[ "$badloop" == "1" ] && { gtk_message "There was a problem with the remote connection. Exiting." 450 gtk-dialog-error; clean_and_bail; }
}

clean_and_bail(){
umount /mnt/loop >/dev/null
umount $wrk/bundle
[ -d $wrk ] && rm -r $wrk
[ -f /tmp/.cdload ] && rm /tmp/.cdload
[ -f /tmp/.message ] && rm /tmp/.message
exit
}

logit(){
echo "$1" >> $log
}

others_screen(){
export OTHERS_DIALOG='
<window window_position="1" title="NonKDE language pack" icon-name="gtk-spell-check">
<vbox>
<hseparator></hseparator>
<hbox>
  <pixmap>
    <width>48</width>
	<input file>'$icons'/language.png</input>
  </pixmap>
  <text use-markup="true">
    <label>"<span color='"'darkblue'"' weight='"'bold'"' size='"'x-large'"'>NonKDE language selection</span>"</label>
  </text>
</hbox>
  <frame NonKDE language>
    <vbox>
    <text use-markup="true">
      <label>"Choose a language for Non KDE apps"</label>
    </text>
    <comboboxtext>
      <default>Select a language</default>
      <variable>nonkde</variable>
      <input file>'$wrk'/others</input>
    </comboboxtext>
    </vbox>
  </frame>
  <hbox>
    <button cancel></button>
    <button ok></button>
  </hbox>
</vbox>
</window>
'
gtkdialog -p OTHERS_DIALOG > $wrk/nonkde
};export -f others_screen

desktops_screen(){
export DESKTOPS_DIALOG='
<window window_position="1" title="Desktop environment" icon-name="computer" resizable="false">
<vbox>
<hseparator></hseparator>
<hbox>
  <pixmap>
    <width>48</width>
	<input file>'$icons'/computer-128.png</input>
  </pixmap>
  <text use-markup="true" width-request="300">
    <label>"<span color='"'darkblue'"' weight='"'bold'"' size='"'x-large'"'>Miscellaneous locales</span>"</label>
  </text>
</hbox>
  <text use-markup="true">
    <label>Choose an option below and all language files removed during the creation of this environment will be downloaded from the internet.</label>
  </text>
  <hbox>
  <frame Desktop environments>
    <vbox>
    '`chkbox false kde "KDE Desktop"`'</checkbox>
    '`chkbox false mate "MATE Desktop"`'</checkbox>
    '`chkbox false razorqt "RazorQT Desktop"`'</checkbox>
    '`chkbox false xfce "XFCE Desktop"`'</checkbox>
    '`chkbox false lxde "LXDE Desktop"`'</checkbox>
    </vbox>
  </frame>
  <frame Browsers>
    <vbox>
    '`chkbox false firefox "Firefox"`'</checkbox>
    '`chkbox false opera "Opera"`'</checkbox>
    '`chkbox false chrome "Chrome"`'</checkbox>
    </vbox>
  </frame>
  </hbox>
  <frame Miscellaneous>
    <vbox>
    '`chkbox false print "Printing locales"`'</checkbox>
    '`chkbox false devel "Development locales"`'</checkbox>
    </vbox>
  </frame>
  <hbox>
    <button cancel></button>
    <button ok></button>
  </hbox>
</vbox>
</window>
'
gtkdialog -p DESKTOPS_DIALOG > $wrk/desktops
if [ `egrep "Cancel|abort" $wrk/desktops` ]; then rm $wrk/desktops; fi
};export -f desktops_screen

kde_screen(){
export KDE_DIALOG='
<window window_position="1" title="KDE4 language pack" icon-name="gtk-spell-check">
<vbox>
<hseparator></hseparator>
<hbox>
  <pixmap>
    <width>48</width>
	<input file>'$icons'/kde.svg</input>
  </pixmap>
  <text use-markup="true">
    <label>"<span color='"'darkblue'"' weight='"'bold'"' size='"'x-large'"'>KDE4 language selection</span>"</label>
  </text>
</hbox>
  <frame KDE4 language>
    <vbox>
    <text use-markup="true">
      <label>"Choose a language for KDE4"</label>
    </text>
    <comboboxtext>
      <default>Select a language</default>
      <variable>lang</variable>
      <input file>'$wrk'/.kde</input>
    </comboboxtext>
    </vbox>
  </frame>
  <hbox>
    <button cancel></button>
    <button ok></button>
  </hbox>
</vbox>
</window>
'
gtkdialog -p KDE_DIALOG >$wrk/.kde4
}; export -f kde_screen

main_screen(){
export MAIN_DIALOG='
<window window_position="1" title="Language Selection Tool" icon-name="gtk-spell-check" resizable="false">
<vbox>
<hseparator></hseparator>
<hbox>
  <pixmap>
    <width>48</width>
	<input file>'$icons'/language.png</input>
  </pixmap>
  <text use-markup="true">
    <label>"<span color='"'darkblue'"' weight='"'bold'"' size='"'x-large'"'>Porteus Language Selection Tool</span>"</label>
  </text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
  <frame System encoding>
    <vbox>
    <text use-markup="true">
      <label>"Choose a system language"</label>
    </text>
    <comboboxtext>
      <default>Select a language</default>
      <variable>enc</variable>
      <input>ls /mnt/loop/usr/$lib/locale | grep utf8 | cut -d. -f1</input>
    </comboboxtext>
    </vbox>
  </frame>
    <frame Libre Office>
    <vbox>
    <text use-markup="true">
      <label>"Libre Office locales"</label>
    </text>
    <checkbox tooltip-text="If you are not using Libre Office then you probably do not need this option">
      <variable>libre</variable>
      <default>false</default>
      <label>Include LO language pack</label>
    </checkbox>
    </vbox>
  </frame>
</hbox>
    <frame Miscellaneous environments>
    <vbox>
    <text use-markup="true" wrap="true" space-fill="true" xalign="0" wrap="true" width-request="400">
      <label>"Do you want translations for environments such as desktops, browsers, printpack and other applications?"</label>
    </text>
    <checkbox>
      <variable>desktops</variable>
      <default>false</default>
      <label>Yes, i want to choose which applications</label>
    </checkbox>
    </vbox>
  </frame>
      <frame Keyboard setup>
    <vbox>
    <text use-markup="true" wrap="true" space-fill="true" xalign="0">
      <label>"Do you want to change your keyboard setup?"</label>
    </text>
    <checkbox>
      <variable>kbd</variable>
      <default>false</default>
      <label>Setup keyboard</label>
    </checkbox>
    </vbox>
  </frame>
<hbox>
  <frame Non-latin fonts>
    <vbox>
    <checkbox tooltip-text="Download your choice of non-latin based fonts for reading webpages and inputing text">
      <variable>nonlatin</variable>
      <default>false</default>
      <label>Download a non-latin font</label>
    </checkbox>
    </vbox>
  </frame>
  <frame Scim input>
    <vbox>
    <checkbox tooltip-text="Scim offers a user friendly, full featured input method user interface for POSIX-style operating systems">
      <variable>scim</variable>
      <default>false</default>
      <label>Download scim input</label>
    </checkbox>
    </vbox>
  </frame>
</hbox>
  <hbox>
    <button cancel></button>
    <button ok></button>
  </hbox>
</vbox>
</window>
'
}; export -f main_screen

nonlatin_screen(){
export NONLATIN_DIALOG='
<window window_position="1" title="Non-latin font pack" icon-name="gtk-spell-check">
<vbox>
<hseparator></hseparator>
<hbox>
  <pixmap>
    <width>48</width>
	<input file>'$icons'/language.png</input>
  </pixmap>
  <text use-markup="true">
    <label>"<span color='"'darkblue'"' weight='"'bold'"' size='"'x-large'"'>Non-latin font pack selection</span>"</label>
  </text>
</hbox>
<text use-markup="true" xalign="0">
  <label>"Choose a Non-latin font"</label>
</text>
  <frame>
    <vbox>
    <checkbox tooltip-text="Amharic, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Chhattisgarhi, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Tamil, Thai">
      <variable>freefont</variable>
      <label>freefont-ttf</label>
    </checkbox>
    <checkbox tooltip-text="Supports: Japanese">
      <variable>IPAfont</variable>
      <label>IPA_Japanese</label>
    </checkbox>
    <checkbox tooltip-text="Supports: Khmer Cambodian">
      <variable>KhmerOS</variable>
      <label>KhmerOS</label>
    </checkbox>
    <checkbox tooltip-text="Supports: Burmese">
      <variable>Myanmar3</variable>
      <label>Myanmar3</label>
    </checkbox>
    <checkbox tooltip-text="Supports: Chinese, Japanese">
      <variable>odosung</variable>
      <label>odosung</label>
    </checkbox>
    <checkbox tooltip-text="Supports: Persian, Uighur, Urdu">
      <variable>PakType</variable>
      <label>PakType</label>
    </checkbox>
    <checkbox tooltip-text="Supports: Japanese">
      <variable>sazanami</variable>
      <label>sazanami</label>
    </checkbox>
    <checkbox tooltip-text="Supports: Sinhalese">
      <variable>sinhala_lklug</variable>
      <label>sinhala_lklug</label>
    </checkbox>
    <checkbox tooltip-text="Supports: Dzongkha">
      <variable>tibmachuni</variable>
      <label>tibmachuni</label>
    </checkbox>
    <checkbox tooltip-text="Supports: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Chhattisgarhi, Kannada, Maithili, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu">
      <variable>ttf_indic</variable>
      <label>ttf_indic</label>
    </checkbox>
    <checkbox tooltip-text="Almost all languages are supported. Low quality.">
      <variable>unifont</variable>
      <label>unifont</label>
    </checkbox>
    <checkbox tooltip-text="Supports: Chinese, Japanese, Korean">
      <variable>wqy_zenhei</variable>
      <label>wqy_zenhei</label>
    </checkbox>
    </vbox>
  </frame>
  <hbox>
    <button cancel></button>
    <button ok></button>
  </hbox>
</vbox>
</window>
'
gtkdialog -p NONLATIN_DIALOG >$wrk/nonlatin
}; export -f nonlatin_screen

ffox_screen(){
export FIREFOX_DIALOG='
<window window_position="1" title="Firefox localization" icon-name="gtk-spell-check">
<vbox>
<hseparator></hseparator>
<hbox>
  <pixmap>
    <width>48</width>
	<input file>'$icons'/language.png</input>
  </pixmap>
  <text use-markup="true">
    <label>"<span color='"'darkblue'"' weight='"'bold'"' size='"'x-large'"'>Firefox language selection</span>"</label>
  </text>
</hbox>
  <frame Firefox language>
    <vbox>
    <text use-markup="true">
      <label>"Choose a language for Firefox"</label>
    </text>
    <comboboxtext>
      <default>Select a language</default>
      <variable>fflang</variable>
      <input file>'$wrk'/ffox-lang</input>
    </comboboxtext>
    </vbox>
  </frame>
  <hbox>
    <button cancel></button>
    <button ok></button>
  </hbox>
</vbox>
</window>
'
gtkdialog -p FIREFOX_DIALOG > $wrk/ffox
};export -f ffox_screen

## Prepare working dir
if [ -d $wrk ]; then
  [ `ls -1 $wrk/bundle|wc -l` -gt 0 ] && umount $wrk/bundle
  rm -r $wrk
fi
if [ -d /mnt/loop ]; then
  [ `ls -1 /mnt/loop|wc -l` -gt 0 ] && umount /mnt/loop
fi
mkdir -p $wrk/bundle
[ ! -d $dir ] && mkdir -p $dir/usr/share/locale

## Requires internet
if [ "$1" != "test" ]; then ### TESTING
export STATE=MANUAL
manual_progress "Checking and processing remote files ..."
echo "Mounting glibc over httpfs" >/tmp/.message
silent_check_url $localeslink
if [ $url -eq 1 ]; then
  httpfs2 $localeslink/glibc-i18n-$build.xzm $wrk/bundle >> $log 2>&1
  mloop $wrk/bundle/glibc-i18n-$build.xzm && logit "glibc mounted at /mnt/loop"
  sleep 1
  kill_manual_progress
    else
  kill_manual_progress
  sleep 1
  gtk_message "An internet connection is required!" 400 gtk-dialog-error
  clean_and_bail
fi
fi

## Get porteus directory and set target path
pdir=`grep -A1 "ata found in:" /var/log/porteus-livedbg|tail -n1|sed 's^//^/^g'`
[ -w $pdir ] && pth=${pdir}/modules || { pth=/tmp/language-files; mkdir -p $pth; }
yellow "Final module will be placed at $pth"

main_screen
gtkdialog -p MAIN_DIALOG >$dump

## User cancelled
[ `egrep -o "Cancel|abort" $dump` ] && yellow "User aborted" && clean_and_bail

########################### Start work here
## Sanitize answer file
sed -i 's^"^^g' $dump

## Double check httpfs connection is still good and then start copying required glib and core locales
check_mloop
enc=`grep "enc=" $dump|awk -F'=' '{print$NF}'` && logit "Chosen enc:$enc"
## libreoffice language
lolang=${enc:0:2} && logit "Short enc:$lolang"
export STATE=MANUAL
manual_progress "Preparing files from server. Please wait ..."
echo "Copying $enc.utf8" >/tmp/.message
cd /mnt/loop
cp -a --parents usr/$lib/locale/$enc.utf8 $dir && sleep 1 && logit "Copied $enc.utf8"
echo "Copying $enc directory" >/tmp/.message
cp -a --parents usr/share/i18n/charmaps usr/share/i18n/locales/POSIX usr/share/i18n/locales/$enc $dir && sleep 1
cd -
echo "Finished copying ..." >/tmp/.message && sleep 1
umount /mnt/loop && logit "Unmounted loop" || logit "error: nothing mounted at /mnt/loop"
umount -f $wrk/bundle && logit "Unmounted glib over httpfs2" || logit "error: no glib mounted"
kill_manual_progress
cd /tmp
download Locales 001-core_locales.xzm $localeslink/001-core_locales.xzm dummy
sleep 1
export STATE=MANUAL
manual_progress "Copying core locales. Please wait ..."
mloop 001-core_locales.xzm && logit "Mounted 001-core_locales.xzm" || logit "error: Cant mount 001-core_locales.xzm"
mkdir -p $dir/usr/share/locale $dir/usr/man && logit "Created $dir/usr/share/locale"
cp -a /mnt/loop/locale/$lolang* $dir/usr/share/locale/
cp -a /mnt/loop/man/$lolang* $dir/usr/man
umount /mnt/loop && logit "unmounted core locales from /mnt/loop" || logit "error unmounting core locales from /mnt/loop"
rm /tmp/001-core_locales.xzm && logit "Removed /tmp/001-core_locales.xzm"
kill_manual_progress
echo "Setting up lang.sh" > /tmp/.message
mkdir -p $dir/etc/profile.d
cat >> $dir/etc/profile.d/lang.sh << EOF
#!/bin/bash
# File generated by Porteus Language-Selection tool

#export LC_ALL=$enc.utf8
export LANG=$enc.utf8
export LC_COLLATE=C
EOF
chmod +x $dir/etc/profile.d/lang.sh
sleep 1
kill_manual_progress

## Start keyboard setup if user chose to
if [ `grep -o "kbd=true" $dump` ]; then
  /opt/porteus-scripts/gtk-xkb-select
  logit "Keyboard setup chosen"
  kmap=`setxkbmap -print | grep xkb_symbols | cut -d'+' -f2`
  if [ $kmap != us ]; then
	# LXDE
	if [ `ls /mnt/live/memory/images | grep -o lxde.xzm` ]; then
	    cd /mnt/live/memory/images/*-lxde.xzm >/dev/null; cp -a --parents home/guest/.config/autostart/xkb.desktop root/.config/autostart/xkb.desktop $dir; cd -
	    sed -i 's/layout us,de,ru/layout '$kmap',us/' $dir/home/guest/.config/autostart/xkb.desktop
	    sed -i 's/layout us,de,ru/layout '$kmap',us/' $dir/root/.config/autostart/xkb.desktop
	fi
	# KDE4
	if [ `ls /mnt/live/memory/images | grep -o kde.xzm` ]; then
	    cd /mnt/live/memory/images/*-kde.xzm >/dev/null; cp -a --parents home/guest/.kde4/share/config/kxkbrc root/.kde4/share/config/kxkbrc $dir; cd -
	    sed -i -r 's/LayoutList=.*$/LayoutList='$kmap',us/' $dir/home/guest/.kde4/share/config/kxkbrc
	    sed -i -r 's/LayoutList=.*$/LayoutList='$kmap',us/' $dir/root/.kde4/share/config/kxkbrc
	fi
	# Razor
	if [ `ls /mnt/live/memory/images | grep -o razor.xzm` ]; then
	    cd /mnt/live/memory/images/*-razor.xzm >/dev/null; cp -a --parents home/guest/.config/qxkb.cfg root/.config/qxkb.cfg $dir; cd -
	    sed -i -r 's/layout=.*$/layout="'$kmap',us"/' $dir/home/guest/.config/qxkb.cfg
	    sed -i -r 's/layout=.*$/layout="'$kmap',us"/' $dir/root/.config/qxkb.cfg
	fi
	# XFCE
	if [ `ls /mnt/live/memory/images | grep -o xfce.xzm` ]; then
	    cd /mnt/live/memory/images/*-xfce.xzm >/dev/null; cp -a --parents home/guest/.config/xfce4/panel/xkb-plugin-16.rc root/.config/xfce4/panel/xkb-plugin-16.rc $dir; cd -
	    sed -i -r 's/layouts=.*$/layouts='$kmap',us/' $dir/home/guest/.config/xfce4/panel/xkb-plugin-16.rc
	    sed -i -r 's/layouts=.*$/layouts='$kmap',us/' $dir/root/.config/xfce4/panel/xkb-plugin-16.rc
	fi
	# Fix perms just in case
	chown -R 1000:1000 $dir/home/guest 2>/dev/null
    fi
fi

## Copy Libre Office files if requested
cd /tmp
if [ `grep -o "libre=true" $dump` ]; then
  echo "$lorepo" > /tmp/locale-link.txt
  lorepo=http://www.slackel.gr/repo/$arch/current/slackel/locale
  echo "Getting language info" >/tmp/.message
  wget $lorepo -P $wrk
  export lofile=`grep "libreoffice-l10n-$lolang" $wrk/locale|grep txz|cut -d'"' -f2`
  lolink=$lorepo/$lofile
  logit "LO locales chosen"
  logit "$lolink"
  rm $wrk/local
  export STATE=DOWNLOAD
  manual_progress "Downloading LO file now"
  echo ${lolink##*/} > /tmp.cdload
  wget --output-file=/tmp/.message $lolink -P $wrk && logit "LO locales downloaded" || logit "error downloading LO files"
  locallibre=`find $wrk -name "libreoffice-l10n-$lolang*"`
  kill_manual_progress
  installpkg -root $dir $locallibre && logit "Installed $locallibre to $dir" || logit "error installing $locallibre"
fi

## Show desktops screen if chosen
if [ `grep -o "desktops=true" $dump` ]; then
  desktops_screen
  if [ -f $wrk/desktops ]; then
    grep true $wrk/desktops|awk -F= '{print$1}' > $wrk/chosen.tmp
    rm $wrk/desktops
  fi

  ## Download browser locales (full modules)
  for a in $porteus_browsers; do
    if [ `grep -o $a $wrk/chosen.tmp` ]; then
      download Locales 04-$a\_locales.xzm $localeslink/04-$a\_locales.xzm dummy && logit "Downloaded 04-$a\_locales.xzm"
      sleep 1
      export STATE=MANUAL
      echo "Extracting locales from 04-$a" > /tmp/.message
      xzm2dir 04-$a\_locales.xzm $dir > /tmp/.message && logit "Extracted 04-$a\_locales.xzm"
      sleep 1
      kill_manual_progress
      rm /tmp/04-$a\_locales.xzm
    fi
  done
  ## Get firefox localizations
  if [ `grep -o irefox $wrk/chosen.tmp` ]; then
      [ `uname -m` = x86_64 ] && lib=lib64 || lib=lib
      ffver=`ls /var/log/packages/ | grep mozilla-firefox- | rev | cut -d- -f3 | rev`
      fflink="http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/$ffver/win32/xpi/"
      pkg=`wget -q -O - $fflink | fgrep '.xpi' | cut -d'=' -f5 | cut -d'"' -f2`
      echo $pkg | tr " " "\n" | cut -d'.' -f1 > $wrk/ffox-lang
      ffox_screen
      choice=`grep fflang $wrk/ffox|awk -F'"' '{print$2}'`
      if ! grep -q Cancel $wrk/ffox; then
        ## Download the lang pack:
        ffver=`echo $ffver | sed s/esr//`
        wrkdir=${dir}
        mkdir -p $wrkdir/usr/$lib/firefox-$ffver/browser/extensions/
        export STATE=MANUAL
        echo "Downloading firefox locale ... please wait" > /tmp/.message
        wget -q $fflink/$choice.xpi -O $wrkdir/usr/$lib/firefox-$ffver/browser/extensions/langpack-$choice@firefox.mozilla.org.xpi
        kill_manual_progress
        ## Enable requested localization:
        mkdir -p $wrkdir/usr/$lib/firefox-$ffver/defaults/pref
cat > $wrkdir/usr/$lib/firefox-$ffver/defaults/pref/langpacks.js << EOF
// This forces Firefox language to switch to locale of machine
// if available.
pref("intl.locale.matchOS", true);
EOF
        chown 0:0 -R $wrkdir/usr
        ## I dont like this part but we must use existing extensions.sqlite with our lang pack added otherwise 'always fresh' users will be prompted for installation every time:
        gtk_message "Please close all firefox windows (if open) and press the ok button." 450 gtk-dialog-warning
        killall firefox
        cp $wrkdir/usr/$lib/firefox-$ffver/browser/extensions/langpack-$choice@firefox.mozilla.org.xpi /usr/$lib/firefox-$ffver/browser/extensions/langpack-$choice@firefox.mozilla.org.xpi
        gtk_message "Please open firefox and accept the installation of langpack-$choice@firefox.mozilla.org.xpi. Press OK on this screen when done." 500 gtk-dialog-warning
        cp -a --parents /home/guest/.mozilla/firefox/c3pp43bg.default/extensions.sqlite /root/.mozilla/firefox/c3pp43bg.default/extensions.sqlite $wrkdir
        ## A separate ff-localization.xzm module is created at end of script below.
      fi
  fi

  ## Download desktop modules and get locales
  for a in $porteus_desktops; do
    if [ `grep -o $a $wrk/chosen.tmp` ]; then
    download Locales 003-$a\_locales.xzm $localeslink/003-$a\_locales.xzm dummy && logit "Downloaded 003-$a\_locales.xzm"
    sleep 1
    fi
  done

  manual_progress "Copying desktop locales now"
  for a in $porteus_desktops; do
  if [ `grep -o $a $wrk/chosen.tmp` ]; then
      export STATE=MANUAL
      echo "Mounting 003-$a ... please wait" > /tmp/.message
      mloop 003-$a\_locales.xzm && logit "Mounted 003-$a\_locales.xzm at /mnt/loop" || logit "error: Cant mount 003-$a\_locales.xzm"
      echo "Copying locales for $a ... please wait" > /tmp/.message
      [ ! -d $dir/usr/share/locale ] && mkdir -p $dir/usr/share/locale
      echo "Copying /usr/share/locale" > /tmp/.message
      sleep 2
      cp -a /mnt/loop/locale/$lolang* $dir/usr/share/locale/ && logit "Copied locales from 003-$a\_locales.xzm"
      echo "Copying /usr folder" > /tmp/.message
      sleep 2
      [ -f /mnt/loop/usr ] && cp -a /mnt/loop/usr $dir
      umount /mnt/loop && logit "Unmounted 003-$a\_locales.xzm" || logit "error: Cant unmount 003-$a\_locales.xzm from /mnt/loop"
      rm /tmp/03-$a\_locales.xzm
  fi
  done
  kill_manual_progress

  ## Get printing locales if required
  if [ `grep -o print $wrk/chosen.tmp` ]; then
    download Printing 07-printing_locales.xzm $localeslink/07-printing_locales.xzm dummy && logit "Downloaded 07-printing_locales.xzm"
    sleep 1
    [ ! -d $dir/usr/share/locale ] && mkdir -p $dir/usr/share/locale
    mloop 07-printing_locales.xzm && cp -a /mnt/loop/locale/$lolang* $dir/usr/share/locale && umount /mnt/loop
    rm 07-printing_locales.xzm
  fi

  ## Get devel locales if required
  if [ `grep -o devel $wrk/chosen.tmp` ]; then
    download Devel 05-devel_locales.xzm $localeslink/05-devel_locales.xzm dummy && logit "Downloaded 05-devel_locales.xzm"
    sleep 1
    [ ! -d $dir/usr/share/locale ] && mkdir -p $dir/usr/share/locale
    mloop 05-devel_locales.xzm && cp -a /mnt/loop/locale/$lolang* $dir/usr/share/locale && umount /mnt/loop
    rm 05-devel_locales.xzm
  fi
fi

## Copy KDE4 files if requested
if [ `grep -o "kde" $wrk/chosen.tmp` ]; then
  wget -qO- $kdelink | grep kde-l10n | cut -d- -f3 > $wrk/.kde
  kde_screen
  echo "KDE: $lang chosen" >> $log
  rm $wrk/.kde
  grep "Exit=" $dump|egrep "Cancel|abort" && clean_and_bail
  lang=`grep "lang" $wrk/.kde4|cut -d'"' -f2`
  ## Give progress window
  export STATE=MANUAL
  echo "Mounting remote KDE4 file ..." > /tmp/.message
  manual_progress "Copying remote files. Please wait ..."
  kde4=`wget -qO- $kdelink | grep kde-l10n-$lang- | cut -d'"' -f4`
  httpfs2 $kdelink/$kde4 $wrk/bundle >> $log 2>&1 && mloop $wrk/bundle/$kde4 >/dev/null
  echo "Copying remote KDE4 files ..." > /tmp/.message
  cp -a /mnt/loop/* $dir && logit "Copied locales from $kde4"
  uloop >/dev/null; umount $wrk/bundle
  sleep 1
  kill_manual_progress
fi

if [ `grep "nonlatin=true" $dump` ]; then
  ## Get scim version
  #lynx -dump -nonumbers -listonly $localeslink|grep scim > $wrk/scim
  #scim64=`grep "x86_64" $wrk/scim`
  #scim32=`grep "i486" $wrk/scim`
  lynx -dump -nonumbers -listonly $nlink|grep font > $wrk/fontlinks
  nonlatin_screen
  sed -i 's^_^-^g' $wrk/nonlatin
  sed -i 's^sinhala-lklug^sinhala_lklug^g' $wrk/nonlatin
  export STATE=DOWNLOAD
  manual_progress "Downloading ..."
  for nonlat in `grep "true" $wrk/nonlatin|awk -F'=' '{print$1}'`; do
    flink=`grep $nonlat $wrk/fontlinks`
    fname=${flink##*/}
    echo "$fname" > /tmp/.cdload
    wget -o /tmp/.message $flink -P $pth
  done
  sleep 1
  kill_manual_progress
fi

if [ `grep "scim=true" $dump` ]; then
  scimlink=`lynx -dump -nonumbers -listonly $nlink|grep scim|grep "\-$arch\-"`
  export STATE=DOWNLOAD
  nam=${scimlink##*/}
  echo $nam > /tmp/.cdload
  manual_progress "Downloading ..."
  wget -o /tmp/.message $scimlink -P $pth
  sleep 1
  kill_manual_progress
fi

## Create final module
export STATE=BUILDMODULE
manual_progress "Building modules"
dir2xzm $dir $pth/locales-$enc.utf8-$arch-1prt.xzm >/tmp/.message
sleep 1
kill_manual_progress

## Notify of finished modules
gtk_message "Your language module are now at: $pth" 500 gtk-yes
clean_and_bail
exit

[brokenman]

Thanks very much for your input. This is great. Not only did you identify the problem, you did the extra work and provided a potential fix. I like you. We will review the code and fix the problem with the gtk-language-tool shortly.

[nike123]

I was having same problem and this has fixed that ! Now I have Croatian system language!
Thanks to yedash!

The remaining issue is that after moving Porteus USB to another PC, language-selection-tool is no longer working. I think that has to do something with diference in system partition designation which is now sdb1 and when I was applying yedash script change, it was sdc1.

[Mess386]

Somehow I can't get it to work ...
Did try the script version above, no difference .

Is there any "accepted offline way" of the local language change?

As in /etc/profile.d changed lang.sh and lang.csh to desired combination
and added core_locales and lxde_locales to modules folder... (does =C needs to be kept?)
Actually the menu did translate some...

I'm not an advanced user, so.. for me not all is to be obvious. And..
English is not my native language, so please keep it simple, if possible.

[tome]

and added core_locales and lxde_locales to modules folder

these modules are not true modules - they are needed to build customized locale module. You need move your language folder from /locale to /usr/share/locale.