Bug 458412

Summary: impossible to change the application language
Product: [Applications] kstars Reporter: pybeauvais
Component: generalAssignee: Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version: 3.6.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Mint (Ubuntu based)   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description pybeauvais 2022-08-28 09:25:00 UTC 
SUMMARY
Kstars language is locked to French (default location is France)
Impossible to set Kstars language to US English

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. aide (help)
2. Changer la langue de l'application (Switch Apllication Language)
3. Choix langue principale : "US English"
4 Ok + Kstars restart

OBSERVED RESULT
No change

EXPECTED RESULT
default language switched to US English

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Kstars/Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Jasem Mutlaq 2022-08-28 10:04:34 UTC 
Installed from mutlaqja PPA or where?
Comment 2 pybeauvais 2022-08-28 12:19:57 UTC 
(In reply to Jasem Mutlaq from comment #1)
> Installed from mutlaqja PPA or where?

Yes I think so. In any case, mutlaqja PPA is registrated as software source.
How could I check that ?
PYB
Comment 3 pybeauvais 2022-08-28 12:32:11 UTC 
(In reply to pybeauvais from comment #2)
> (In reply to Jasem Mutlaq from comment #1)
> > Installed from mutlaqja PPA or where?
> 
> Yes I think so. In any case, mutlaqja PPA is registrated as software source.
> How could I check that ?
> PYB

I confirm:
The update manager says that Kstars is installed via the mutlaqja PPA thid-party source
Comment 4 Jasem Mutlaq 2022-09-21 06:51:43 UTC 
I can confirm the issue... still investigating why it won't switch.