running app in a different language

[Heinrich Rebehn]

Duncan Lithgow wrote:
> I want to add an icon to run GRAMPS (a linux geneology app) in different
> languages to produce reports in german and danish, although I usually
> use it in english. I have installed the needed packages and it start
> fine, in the other language if i type in the command line:
> 
> $ LANGUAGE=de_DE:de LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 /usr/bin/gramps
> 
> But if I put "LANGUAGE=de_DE:de LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 /usr/bin/gramps" into
> the 'command' part of a new icon in the Applications Menu Editor I get
> the error:
> 
> Error
> Details: Failed to execute child process "LANGUAGE=de_DE:de" (No such
> file or directory)
> 
> If I switch it around to "/usr/bin/gramps LANGUAGE=de_DE:de
> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8" I get the error:
> 
> Cannot launch entry
> Details: Failed to execute child process "LANGUAGE=de_DE:de" (No such
> file or directory)
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 

It seems that the supplied command is executed directly, not via a shell.
Try
	bash -c 'LANGUAGE=de_DE:de LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 /usr/bin/gramps'

That should work.

HTH
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Heinrich Rebehn

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