Apt Speaks German?!

**whell** · 03-02-2005, 04:08 PM

After I did an apt-get update on Knoppix 3.6 (HD Install), I did apt-get again to install a few packages. Lo and behold, apt is not responding in German! Anyone know how I can fix this? I've checked in Konsole for settings, but everything looks OK there.

**mr_ed** · 03-03-2005, 04:27 AM

Young Kwai Chang Caine:

Anyone know how I can fix this?

Master Po:

Grasshopper, is the fault in apt speaking German, or is the fault in you not speaking German? Seek to be one with all life.

Also seek your /etc/apt/sources.list - if the lines still refer to ftp.de.debian.org (as supplied by the CD), try switching to a different mirror from the page http://www.debian.org/mirror/list

-- Ed

**CrashedAgain** · 03-04-2005, 05:17 AM

First, check your /etc/lilo.conf. 'lang=<what language you want> should be in the append= line. If it is not, your system will default to German, so add it and re-run lilo to implement the change. Next, install the package 'localepurge' and remove any unwanted language support. Finally, if you have done a Knoppix style HD install, edit /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig. Find the line about default language and change it from 'de' to what you want.

**whell** · 03-09-2005, 01:51 PM

Thanks for the constructive feedback. I'll try out these suggestions. Strange, though, that APT is the only program that seems to want to speak German. Everything else is in English.