Language mixing in 16.4 & 17.4.1

[Member roland]

I recently installed 17.4.1 onto an Acer laptop and was shocked to find that some routines are showing Spanish language and not English. I then had a look at one of my desktops with 16.4 installed, and found that following the recent apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade, some words in Portugese are creeping in! These are the repositories from the latter PC.

Repos: Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
1: deb http: //it.mxrepo.com/antix/jessie jessie main nosystemd
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http: //ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http: //ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
2: deb http: //security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list

These must have been changed somehow since the original installation, to the detriment of the routine language. How can I prevent the list of repositories from being overwritten in this way?

I have Spanish keyboards but require English language releases and installations, while I read Spanish I am uncomfortable working with it.

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Can you be more specific. Which words and where?
What does /etc/default/locale show.

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

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Diagnostics from my laptop running 17.4. A look at the screenshots shows partial spanish but with some english words remaining.

I would like advice on how to prevent this happening again, and whether I can reverse things and eliminate all languages that are not english, or is a re-install indicated?

I have to use a spanish keyboard because I am located in Almeria Spain.

Thanks in anticipation.

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You must have chosen Spanish localisation at some point.
Again, what does /etc/default/locale show.

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

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This PC is running 16.4 and the invasion of foreign languages is not so bad as the laptop I have with 17.4.1 installed which is almost totally changed to Spanish now. I’ll get some examples to you later today from, that one. As you see below there has been a corruption from whatever was there before, to IT (italian? and PT ()portugese?). Since install I have onle run apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade about every 3 months, previously without trouble. This one has facebook affected as you can see by the screenshot of the login page. I suspect I am guilty of some nonfeasance or other but would like to know if I can reverse these repo corruptions without a complete fresh install? Maybe it’s a warning it’s time to be moving up to release 19?

antix.list
# Use with Debian Stable/Jessie repositories. Set as default for antiX-16.
deb http://it.mxrepo.com/antix/jessie jessie main nosystemd
# Use with Debian Stretch repositories.
#deb http://it.mxrepo.com/antix/stretch stretch main nosystemd
# Use with Debian Testing repositories.
#deb http://it.mxrepo.com/antix/testing testing main nosystemd
# Use with Debian Sid repositories.
#deb http://it.mxrepo.com/antix/sid sid main nosystemd

debian-stable-updates.list
# Debian Jessie Updates
deb http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
# Debian Stretch Updates
#deb http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free

debian.list
# Note:If you want maximum stability, keep to the default Stable/Jessie repos.
# Jessie is the new stable release and will only recieve security
# updates, while Testing will be ‘rolling’.

# Debian Stable. Default for antiX-16.
# Use for maximum stability INSTEAD of the ‘rolling’ TESTING release concept.
deb http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free

# Debian Stretch.
# Stretch enabled for ‘new stable’ release.
#deb http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
#deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free

# Debian Testing.
# Testing enabled for ‘rolling’ release.
#deb http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
#deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

# Multimedia Stable and Testing
# Use to install libdvdcss2 and codecs.
#deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org jessie main non-free
#deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org stretch main non-free
#deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org testing main non-free

###### Debian Unstable/Sid##########
###### Use at your own risk! ########
#deb http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
#deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org unstable main non-free

mx.list
# MX Linux Community Main and Test Repos. Use carefully.
#deb http://it.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ mx15 main non-free
#deb http://it.mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo/ mx15 test

/etc/default/locale
# File generated by update-locale
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8

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This list of repos is from a PC with 16.4 installed, recently updated by apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade. The IT and PTaddresses have crept in somehow and may be causing the trouble. But things are much worse on a laptop I installed with 17.4.1 which I will get to you later today. The facebook login screen on this PC is entirely portugese as you can see, a few days ago it was entirely english. I’m guessing it’s some nonfeasance on my part. Is it reversible by editing the repo lists? Maybe making them read-only? Or is a general re-install indicated? Maybe it’s time to move up to release 19?

antix.list
# Use with Debian Stable/Jessie repositories. Set as default for antiX-16.
deb http://it.mxrepo.com/antix/jessie jessie main nosystemd
# Use with Debian Stretch repositories.
#deb http://it.mxrepo.com/antix/stretch stretch main nosystemd
# Use with Debian Testing repositories.
#deb http://it.mxrepo.com/antix/testing testing main nosystemd
# Use with Debian Sid repositories.
#deb http://it.mxrepo.com/antix/sid sid main nosystemd

debian-stable-updates.list
# Debian Jessie Updates
deb http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
# Debian Stretch Updates
#deb http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free

debian.list
# Note:If you want maximum stability, keep to the default Stable/Jessie repos.
# Jessie is the new stable release and will only recieve security
# updates, while Testing will be ‘rolling’.

# Debian Stable. Default for antiX-16.
# Use for maximum stability INSTEAD of the ‘rolling’ TESTING release concept.
deb http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free

# Debian Stretch.
# Stretch enabled for ‘new stable’ release.
#deb http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
#deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free

# Debian Testing.
# Testing enabled for ‘rolling’ release.
#deb http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
#deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-freeo

# Multimedia Stable and Testing
# Use to install libdvdcss2 and codecs.
#deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org jessie main non-free
#deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org stretch main non-free
#deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org testing main non-free

###### Debian Unstable/Sid##########
###### Use at your own risk! ########
#deb http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
#deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org unstable main non-free

mx.list
# MX Linux Community Main and Test Repos. Use carefully.
#deb http://it.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ mx15 main non-free
#deb http://it.mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo/ mx15 test

/etc/default/locale
# File generated by update-locale
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8

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The answer seems to be the locale was changed from english to spanish. I edited it back again and all seems to be well. The facebook change to Portugese I also reversed and all was well. I have no knowledge of how these changes came about. Of course there is always a reason, and down here in Almeria with flaky comms. and foreign language invading everything, there’s plenty of suspects. Finger trouble can never be discounted, and I am nearly 75. Thanks to all you contributors. That’s what makes antiX such a pleasure, a delight to use, help is only a message away. Best wishes to all users and workers. I shall move all my PCs up to release 19 now.

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