Firefox reverts to English after Update

hchiper · 2023-11-05 10:48

I installed Firefox from Software Centre. I thought it was Firefox-esr, but "$ apt list" says it's Firefox. I had Firefox in English, so I manually added French from Firefox settings.
Unfortunately, every time Firefox is updated by Software Updater, the new version reverts to English, despite the French language is also downloaded (see attached screenshot), and I have again to add French manually. A reboot after update doesn't change anything. It happened today once again.
It's not a big problem, it's just annoying.

In the past, I used to download .tar.bz2 Firefox (French version) from mozilla.org and install it in /opt/firefox, but I deleted that directory when I installed Firefox from Software Centre.
$ apt list firefox* | grep "\[" doesn't show any remaining config from an old version.

Is there a way to have French updated too by Update Manager?

Last edited by hchiper (2023-11-05 10:52)

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q4osteam · 2023-11-05 11:09

At the first attempt we couldn't reproduce such an issue. Anyway, we will investigate more and post back.

hchiper wrote:

I had Firefox in English, so I manually added French from Firefox settings.

How exactly didi you set it in your case ?

If you start with a new test user in a clean profile, is FF in English too ?

hchiper · 2023-11-05 13:54

To set French, I open Firefox, I click on the "hamburger" menu icon, I choose "Settings", I stay in the General section (menu at the left) and after the section "General" there is a section "Language". Under "Language" I choose "Search for more languages..." > "Select a language to add..." > select French in the list > click Add > click OK and it is done.
Maybe I shouldn't have done it that way, and instead $ sudo apt install firefox-l10n-fr

Using another account, Firefox is in French without doing anything special (but is is already in French for my usual user account).

q4osteam · 2023-11-05 13:59

hchiper wrote:

... Maybe I shouldn't have done it that way, and instead $ sudo apt install firefox-l10n-fr

The package firefox-l10n-fr is already present in your system according to the attachment in the OP. So you don't need it to install again. FF shouldn't revert to English after upgrade, it's a clear glitch. It looks like some conflict in configuration from the older version. Anyway we will try to investigate that.

q4osteam · 2023-11-05 14:04

You may also watch, if FF will revert to English under the new testing user account after next upgrade - possibly to version 120 and post the result here.

hchiper · 2023-11-05 14:30

Thank you for your efforts to help.
I'll carefully watch what will happen at the next Firefox update and post the result.

hchiper · 2024-01-26 08:11

Good news...

Yesterday, Update Manager installed an update of q4os-firefox and today it installed an update of firefox itself (119 to 122) and of the French localization too, the same way it did previously
This time, before accepting firefox update, I first closed Firefox and then let the update proceed.
When I launched Firefox again, it didn't revert to English anymore, it stayed in French.
Apart from closing Firefox before upgrading, I didn't do anything special. That can be the thing to do for the future upgrades, or maybe something has changed (perhaps in q4os-firefox, which didn't make the upgrade from 119 to 122 ?).

Thanks.

Edit
Just after posting, I saw q4osteam's post Q4OS Firefox now uses official Mozilla repositories, which can also be an explanation.

Last edited by hchiper (2024-01-26 08:16)

q4osteam · 2024-01-26 10:48

Well, we're glad it's working for you. Thanks for the feedback.

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