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In Debian I have set up multiple users. The OS was installed in English.
Next I ran
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locale and selected multiple other languages (such as German, Spanish, and French) and installed them.
I then created the new users all as standard users with no password.
I logged in as one user "spanish" and edited their ~/.bashrc with the following:

export LANG=es_MX.utf8

export LANGUAGE=es_MX:es

I then logged out and logged back in. I checked in the console with

echo $LANG

which returned

es_MX.utf8

however, nothing on the system seems to have changed. The menu, all the applications, console, etc - everything is still in English.

I had hoped to be able to have different languages set for each user of the system. Am I doing this correctly or am I completely misunderstanding what "locale" is used for? If so, is it possible to have different language environments for different users in Debian 9 (stretch)? I'm using the Cinnamon desktop, if that makes a difference.

Also, would I need to install new, language-specific versions of Firefox and LibreOffice or are there language packs I could install?

debian locale user-interface multiuser language

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In Debian I have set up multiple users. The OS was installed in English.
Next I ran
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locale and selected multiple other languages (such as German, Spanish, and French) and installed them.
I then created the new users all as standard users with no password.
I logged in as one user "spanish" and edited their ~/.bashrc with the following:

export LANG=es_MX.utf8

export LANGUAGE=es_MX:es

I then logged out and logged back in. I checked in the console with

echo $LANG

which returned

es_MX.utf8

however, nothing on the system seems to have changed. The menu, all the applications, console, etc - everything is still in English.

I had hoped to be able to have different languages set for each user of the system. Am I doing this correctly or am I completely misunderstanding what "locale" is used for? If so, is it possible to have different language environments for different users in Debian 9 (stretch)? I'm using the Cinnamon desktop, if that makes a difference.

Also, would I need to install new, language-specific versions of Firefox and LibreOffice or are there language packs I could install?

debian locale user-interface multiuser language

share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

lchras

asked 1 hour ago

lchraslchras

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add a comment | 

In Debian I have set up multiple users. The OS was installed in English.
Next I ran
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locale and selected multiple other languages (such as German, Spanish, and French) and installed them.
I then created the new users all as standard users with no password.
I logged in as one user "spanish" and edited their ~/.bashrc with the following:

export LANG=es_MX.utf8

export LANGUAGE=es_MX:es

I then logged out and logged back in. I checked in the console with

echo $LANG

which returned

es_MX.utf8

however, nothing on the system seems to have changed. The menu, all the applications, console, etc - everything is still in English.

I had hoped to be able to have different languages set for each user of the system. Am I doing this correctly or am I completely misunderstanding what "locale" is used for? If so, is it possible to have different language environments for different users in Debian 9 (stretch)? I'm using the Cinnamon desktop, if that makes a difference.

Also, would I need to install new, language-specific versions of Firefox and LibreOffice or are there language packs I could install?

debian locale user-interface multiuser language

share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

lchras

asked 1 hour ago

lchraslchras

1333 bronze badges

export LANG=es_MX.utf8

export LANGUAGE=es_MX:es

echo $LANG

es_MX.utf8

share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

lchras

asked 1 hour ago

lchraslchras

1333 bronze badges

share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

lchras

asked 1 hour ago

lchraslchras

1333 bronze badges

asked 1 hour ago

lchraslchras

1333 bronze badges

asked 1 hour ago

lchraslchras

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