Re: AW: [libreoffice-users] Request for change

El mié, 15-07-2026 a las 06:16 +0800, Bret Busby escribió:
> On 15/7/26 02:51, LO.Harald.Berger@t-online.de wrote:
> > -----Original-Nachricht----- Betreff: [libreoffice-users] Request 
> > for change Datum: 2026-07-14T20:44:27+0200 Von: "Bret Busby" 
> > <bret@busby.net> An: "users@global.libreoffice.org" 
> > <users@global.libreoffice.org>
> >
> > Hello.
> >
> > I have just subscribed to this list.
> >
> > I have had installed and been using LibreOffice for some years,
> > and, 
> > one problem that I cannot overcome, is that is has installed, and,
> > I 
> > cannot find how to get rid of, multiple language packs.
> >
> > I am monolingual (?) - my only language is English (the English of 
> > England, not the pidgin English of Australia or the USA), and,
> > every time that Libre Office updates, it unnecessarily downloads
> > and 
> > installs multiple packages relating to languages that I would not 
> > understand, let alone use.
> >
> > Is it possible to limit an installation (and, updates) of Libre 
> > Office, to a single language?
> >
> > .. Bret Busby Armadale West Australia (UTC+0800) ..............
>
> I am sorry - I should have included an important item of information,
> but neglected (forgot) to so do (Plurry Irriot - me); I am running
> Linux
> Mint Mate 21.3, based on Ubuntu Linux Mate 22.04 LTS as the
> underlying
> OS platform.

I am not sure if this is a LO or OS problem. Have you checked which
locales are installed in the OS? In a terminal:

locale -a

Normally the US English "pidgin" is installed as the default for
software, to which you should have added the mother tongue.

If you need to change settings, see:

https://codelucky.com/locale-command-linux/
> I do not thence know whether the problem lies with Libre Office
> itself
> for the automatic inclusion of the extraneous language packs, or,
> whether it lies with the Ubuntu package maintainer.

If your locales are correct, this is likely a packing problem and
should be reported as a bug on Mint.
> But, If I could find how to perform a simple (?) blanket removal 
> (including the thence blocking of further downloads) of the
> extraneous 
> language packs, it would be useful, including making Libre Office and
> future updates, more efficient and less bloated.

That removal is likely possible, but I will leave that to others.
>
--
Roy

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