Adding arabic language support

Adding arabic language support

by Charles Horton -
Number of replies: 3

I'm trying to install the arabic (ar) language pack as an option on a fresh install of 3.10.3 on unbuntu and I keep on getting the dreaded 

Your server does not seem to fully support the following languages:

  • العربية ‎(ar)‎

Instead, the global locale (en_AU.UTF-8) will be used to format certain strings such as dates or numbers.


If I install other language packs and remove the Arabic one it works fine and locale -a gives me the below list, so other than doing the 

sudo apt install locales-all && sudo locale-gen

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales 

sudo service apache2 restart

or

sudo locale-gen ar_SA.UTF-8

sudo service apache2 restart

Is there anything anyone can suggest to clear the issue


Thanks in advance




a_DJ

aa_DJ.iso88591

aa_DJ.utf8

aa_ER

aa_ER@saaho

aa_ER.utf8

aa_ER.utf8@saaho

aa_ET

aa_ET.utf8

af_ZA

af_ZA.iso88591

af_ZA.utf8

agr_PE

agr_PE.utf8

ak_GH

ak_GH.utf8

am_ET

am_ET.utf8

an_ES

an_ES.iso885915

an_ES.utf8

anp_IN

anp_IN.utf8

ar_AE

ar_AE.iso88596

ar_AE.utf8

ar_BH

ar_BH.iso88596

ar_BH.utf8

ar_DZ

ar_DZ.iso88596

ar_DZ.utf8

ar_EG

ar_EG.iso88596

ar_EG.utf8

ar_IN

ar_IN.utf8

ar_IQ

ar_IQ.iso88596

ar_IQ.utf8

ar_JO

ar_JO.iso88596

ar_JO.utf8

ar_KW

ar_KW.iso88596

ar_KW.utf8

ar_LB

ar_LB.iso88596

ar_LB.utf8

ar_LY

ar_LY.iso88596

ar_LY.utf8

ar_MA

ar_MA.iso88596

ar_MA.utf8

ar_OM

ar_OM.iso88596

ar_OM.utf8

ar_QA

ar_QA.iso88596

ar_QA.utf8

ar_SA

ar_SA.iso88596

ar_SA.utf8

ar_SD

ar_SD.iso88596

ar_SD.utf8

ar_SS

ar_SS.utf8

ar_SY

ar_SY.iso88596

ar_SY.utf8

ar_TN

ar_TN.iso88596

ar_TN.utf8

ar_YE

ar_YE.iso88596

ar_YE.utf8

as_IN

as_IN.utf8

ast_ES

ast_ES.iso885915

ast_ES.utf8

ayc_PE

ayc_PE.utf8

az_AZ

az_AZ.utf8

az_IR

az_IR.utf8

be_BY

be_BY.cp1251

be_BY@latin

be_BY.utf8

be_BY.utf8@latin

bem_ZM

bem_ZM.utf8

ber_DZ

ber_DZ.utf8

ber_MA

ber_MA.utf8

bg_BG

bg_BG.cp1251

bg_BG.utf8

bhb_IN.utf8

bho_IN

bho_IN.utf8

bho_NP

bho_NP.utf8

bi_VU

bi_VU.utf8

bn_BD

bn_BD.utf8

bn_IN

bn_IN.utf8

bo_CN

bo_CN.utf8

bo_IN

bo_IN.utf8

bokmal

br_FR

br_FR@euro

br_FR.iso88591

br_FR.iso885915@euro

br_FR.utf8

brx_IN

brx_IN.utf8

bs_BA

bs_BA.iso88592

bs_BA.utf8

byn_ER

byn_ER.utf8

C

ca_AD

ca_AD.iso885915

ca_AD.utf8

ca_ES

ca_ES@euro

ca_ES.iso88591

ca_ES.iso885915@euro

ca_ES.utf8

ca_ES.utf8@valencia

ca_ES@valencia

ca_FR

ca_FR.iso885915

ca_FR.utf8

ca_IT

ca_IT.iso885915

ca_IT.utf8

catalan

ce_RU

ce_RU.utf8

chr_US

chr_US.utf8

ckb_IQ

ckb_IQ.utf8

cmn_TW

cmn_TW.utf8

crh_UA

crh_UA.utf8

croatian

csb_PL

csb_PL.utf8

cs_CZ

cs_CZ.iso88592

cs_CZ.utf8

C.UTF-8

cv_RU

cv_RU.utf8

cy_GB

cy_GB.iso885914

cy_GB.utf8

czech

da_DK

da_DK.iso88591

da_DK.utf8

danish

dansk

de_AT

de_AT@euro

de_AT.iso88591

de_AT.iso885915@euro

de_AT.utf8

de_BE

de_BE@euro

de_BE.iso88591

de_BE.iso885915@euro

de_BE.utf8

de_CH

de_CH.iso88591

de_CH.utf8

de_DE

de_DE@euro

de_DE.iso88591

de_DE.iso885915@euro

de_DE.utf8

de_IT

de_IT.iso88591

de_IT.utf8

de_LI.utf8

de_LU

de_LU@euro

de_LU.iso88591

de_LU.iso885915@euro

de_LU.utf8

deutsch

doi_IN

doi_IN.utf8

dsb_DE

dsb_DE.utf8

dutch

dv_MV

dv_MV.utf8

dz_BT

dz_BT.utf8

eesti

el_CY

el_CY.iso88597

el_CY.utf8

el_GR

el_GR@euro

el_GR.iso88597

el_GR.iso88597@euro

el_GR.utf8

en_AG

en_AG.utf8

en_AU

en_AU.iso88591

en_AU.utf8

en_BW

en_BW.iso88591

en_BW.utf8

en_CA

en_CA.iso88591

en_CA.utf8

en_DK

en_DK.iso88591

en_DK.iso885915

en_DK.utf8

en_GB

en_GB.iso88591

en_GB.iso885915

en_GB.utf8

en_HK

en_HK.iso88591

en_HK.utf8

en_IE

en_IE@euro

en_IE.iso88591

en_IE.iso885915@euro

en_IE.utf8

en_IL

en_IL.utf8

en_IN

en_IN.utf8

en_NG

en_NG.utf8

en_NZ

en_NZ.iso88591

en_NZ.utf8

en_PH

en_PH.iso88591

en_PH.utf8

en_SC.utf8

en_SG

en_SG.iso88591

en_SG.utf8

en_US

en_US.iso88591

en_US.iso885915

en_US.utf8

en_ZA

en_ZA.iso88591

en_ZA.utf8

en_ZM

en_ZM.utf8

en_ZW

en_ZW.iso88591

en_ZW.utf8

eo

eo_US.utf8

eo.utf8

es_AR

es_AR.iso88591

es_AR.utf8

es_BO

es_BO.iso88591

es_BO.utf8

es_CL

es_CL.iso88591

es_CL.utf8

es_CO

es_CO.iso88591

es_CO.utf8

es_CR

es_CR.iso88591

es_CR.utf8

es_CU

es_CU.utf8

es_DO

es_DO.iso88591

es_DO.utf8

es_EC

es_EC.iso88591

es_EC.utf8

es_ES

es_ES@euro

es_ES.iso88591

es_ES.iso885915@euro

es_ES.utf8

es_GT

es_GT.iso88591

es_GT.utf8

es_HN

es_HN.iso88591

es_HN.utf8

es_MX

es_MX.iso88591

es_MX.utf8

es_NI

es_NI.iso88591

es_NI.utf8

es_PA

es_PA.iso88591

es_PA.utf8

es_PE

es_PE.iso88591

es_PE.utf8

es_PR

es_PR.iso88591

es_PR.utf8

es_PY

es_PY.iso88591

es_PY.utf8

es_SV

es_SV.iso88591

es_SV.utf8

estonian

es_US

es_US.iso88591

es_US.utf8

es_UY

es_UY.iso88591

es_UY.utf8

es_VE

es_VE.iso88591

es_VE.utf8

et_EE

et_EE.iso88591

et_EE.iso885915

et_EE.utf8

eu_ES

eu_ES@euro

eu_ES.iso88591

eu_ES.iso885915@euro

eu_ES.utf8

eu_FR

eu_FR@euro

eu_FR.iso88591

eu_FR.iso885915@euro

eu_FR.utf8

fa_IR

fa_IR.utf8

ff_SN

ff_SN.utf8

fi_FI

fi_FI@euro

fi_FI.iso88591

fi_FI.iso885915@euro

fi_FI.utf8

fil_PH

fil_PH.utf8

finnish

fo_FO

fo_FO.iso88591

fo_FO.utf8

fr_BE

fr_BE@euro

fr_BE.iso88591

fr_BE.iso885915@euro

fr_BE.utf8

fr_CA

fr_CA.iso88591

fr_CA.utf8

fr_CH

fr_CH.iso88591

fr_CH.utf8

french

fr_FR

fr_FR@euro

fr_FR.iso88591

fr_FR.iso885915@euro

fr_FR.utf8

fr_LU

fr_LU@euro

fr_LU.iso88591

fr_LU.iso885915@euro

fr_LU.utf8

fur_IT

fur_IT.utf8

fy_DE

fy_DE.utf8

fy_NL

fy_NL.utf8

ga_IE

ga_IE@euro

ga_IE.iso88591

ga_IE.iso885915@euro

ga_IE.utf8

galego

galician

gd_GB

gd_GB.iso885915

gd_GB.utf8

german

gez_ER

gez_ER@abegede

gez_ER.utf8

gez_ER.utf8@abegede

gez_ET

gez_ET@abegede

gez_ET.utf8

gez_ET.utf8@abegede

gl_ES

gl_ES@euro

gl_ES.iso88591

gl_ES.iso885915@euro

gl_ES.utf8

greek

gu_IN

gu_IN.utf8

gv_GB

gv_GB.iso88591

gv_GB.utf8

hak_TW

hak_TW.utf8

ha_NG

ha_NG.utf8

hebrew

he_IL

he_IL.iso88598

he_IL.utf8

hif_FJ

hif_FJ.utf8

hi_IN

hi_IN.utf8

hne_IN

hne_IN.utf8

hr_HR

hr_HR.iso88592

hr_HR.utf8

hrvatski

hsb_DE

hsb_DE.iso88592

hsb_DE.utf8

ht_HT

ht_HT.utf8

hu_HU

hu_HU.iso88592

hu_HU.utf8

hungarian

hy_AM

hy_AM.armscii8

hy_AM.utf8

ia_FR

ia_FR.utf8

icelandic

id_ID

id_ID.iso88591

id_ID.utf8

ig_NG

ig_NG.utf8

ik_CA

ik_CA.utf8

is_IS

is_IS.iso88591

is_IS.utf8

italian

it_CH

it_CH.iso88591

it_CH.utf8

it_IT

it_IT@euro

it_IT.iso88591

it_IT.iso885915@euro

it_IT.utf8

iu_CA

iu_CA.utf8

ja_JP

ja_JP.eucjp

ja_JP.ujis

ja_JP.utf8

japanese

japanese.euc

kab_DZ

kab_DZ.utf8

ka_GE

ka_GE.georgianps

ka_GE.utf8

kk_KZ

kk_KZ.pt154

kk_KZ.rk1048

kk_KZ.utf8

kl_GL

kl_GL.iso88591

kl_GL.utf8

km_KH

km_KH.utf8

kn_IN

kn_IN.utf8

kok_IN

kok_IN.utf8

ko_KR

ko_KR.euckr

ko_KR.utf8

korean

korean.euc

ks_IN

ks_IN@devanagari

ks_IN.utf8

ks_IN.utf8@devanagari

ku_TR

ku_TR.iso88599

ku_TR.utf8

kw_GB

kw_GB.iso88591

kw_GB.utf8

ky_KG

ky_KG.utf8

lb_LU

lb_LU.utf8

lg_UG

lg_UG.iso885910

lg_UG.utf8

li_BE

li_BE.utf8

lij_IT

lij_IT.utf8

li_NL

li_NL.utf8

lithuanian

ln_CD

ln_CD.utf8

lo_LA

lo_LA.utf8

lt_LT

lt_LT.iso885913

lt_LT.utf8

lv_LV

lv_LV.iso885913

lv_LV.utf8

lzh_TW

lzh_TW.utf8

mag_IN

mag_IN.utf8

mai_IN

mai_IN.utf8

mai_NP

mai_NP.utf8

mfe_MU

mfe_MU.utf8

mg_MG

mg_MG.iso885915

mg_MG.utf8

mhr_RU

mhr_RU.utf8

mi_NZ

mi_NZ.iso885913

mi_NZ.utf8

miq_NI

miq_NI.utf8

mjw_IN

mjw_IN.utf8

mk_MK

mk_MK.iso88595

mk_MK.utf8

ml_IN

ml_IN.utf8

mni_IN

mni_IN.utf8

mn_MN

mn_MN.utf8

mnw_MM

mnw_MM.utf8

mr_IN

mr_IN.utf8

ms_MY

ms_MY.iso88591

ms_MY.utf8

mt_MT

mt_MT.iso88593

mt_MT.utf8

my_MM

my_MM.utf8

nan_TW

nan_TW@latin

nan_TW.utf8

nan_TW.utf8@latin

nb_NO

nb_NO.iso88591

nb_NO.utf8

nds_DE

nds_DE.utf8

nds_NL

nds_NL.utf8

ne_NP

ne_NP.utf8

nhn_MX

nhn_MX.utf8

niu_NU

niu_NU.utf8

niu_NZ

niu_NZ.utf8

nl_AW

nl_AW.utf8

nl_BE

nl_BE@euro

nl_BE.iso88591

nl_BE.iso885915@euro

nl_BE.utf8

nl_NL

nl_NL@euro

nl_NL.iso88591

nl_NL.iso885915@euro

nl_NL.utf8

nn_NO

nn_NO.iso88591

nn_NO.utf8

no_NO

no_NO.ISO-8859-1

norwegian

nr_ZA

nr_ZA.utf8

nso_ZA

nso_ZA.utf8

nynorsk

oc_FR

oc_FR.iso88591

oc_FR.utf8

om_ET

om_ET.utf8

om_KE

om_KE.iso88591

om_KE.utf8

or_IN

or_IN.utf8

os_RU

os_RU.utf8

pa_IN

pa_IN.utf8

pap_AW

pap_AW.utf8

pap_CW

pap_CW.utf8

pa_PK

pa_PK.utf8

pl_PL

pl_PL.iso88592

pl_PL.utf8

polish

portuguese

POSIX

ps_AF

ps_AF.utf8

pt_BR

pt_BR.iso88591

pt_BR.utf8

pt_PT

pt_PT@euro

pt_PT.iso88591

pt_PT.iso885915@euro

pt_PT.utf8

quz_PE

quz_PE.utf8

raj_IN

raj_IN.utf8

romanian

ro_RO

ro_RO.iso88592

ro_RO.utf8

ru_RU

ru_RU.cp1251

ru_RU.iso88595

ru_RU.koi8r

ru_RU.utf8

russian

ru_UA

ru_UA.koi8u

ru_UA.utf8

rw_RW

rw_RW.utf8

sah_RU

sah_RU.utf8

sa_IN

sa_IN.utf8

sat_IN

sat_IN.utf8

sc_IT

sc_IT.utf8

sd_IN

sd_IN@devanagari

sd_IN.utf8

sd_IN.utf8@devanagari

sd_PK

sd_PK.utf8

se_NO

se_NO.utf8

sgs_LT

sgs_LT.utf8

shn_MM

shn_MM.utf8

shs_CA

shs_CA.utf8

sid_ET

sid_ET.utf8

si_LK

si_LK.utf8

sk_SK

sk_SK.iso88592

sk_SK.utf8

slovak

slovene

slovenian

sl_SI

sl_SI.iso88592

sl_SI.utf8

sm_WS

sm_WS.utf8

so_DJ

so_DJ.iso88591

so_DJ.utf8

so_ET

so_ET.utf8

so_KE

so_KE.iso88591

so_KE.utf8

so_SO

so_SO.iso88591

so_SO.utf8

spanish

sq_AL

sq_AL.iso88591

sq_AL.utf8

sq_MK

sq_MK.utf8

sr_ME

sr_ME.utf8

sr_RS

sr_RS@latin

sr_RS.utf8

sr_RS.utf8@latin

ss_ZA

ss_ZA.utf8

st_ZA

st_ZA.iso88591

st_ZA.utf8

sv_FI

sv_FI@euro

sv_FI.iso88591

sv_FI.iso885915@euro

sv_FI.utf8

sv_SE

sv_SE.iso88591

sv_SE.iso885915

sv_SE.utf8

swedish

sw_KE

sw_KE.utf8

sw_TZ

sw_TZ.utf8

szl_PL

szl_PL.utf8

ta_IN

ta_IN.utf8

ta_LK

ta_LK.utf8

tcy_IN.utf8

te_IN

te_IN.utf8

tg_TJ

tg_TJ.koi8t

tg_TJ.utf8

thai

the_NP

the_NP.utf8

th_TH

th_TH.tis620

th_TH.utf8

ti_ER

ti_ER.utf8

ti_ET

ti_ET.utf8

tig_ER

tig_ER.utf8

tk_TM

tk_TM.utf8

tl_PH

tl_PH.iso88591

tl_PH.utf8

tn_ZA

tn_ZA.utf8

to_TO

to_TO.utf8

tpi_PG

tpi_PG.utf8

tr_CY

tr_CY.iso88599

tr_CY.utf8

tr_TR

tr_TR.iso88599

tr_TR.utf8

ts_ZA

ts_ZA.utf8

tt_RU

tt_RU@iqtelif

tt_RU.utf8

tt_RU.utf8@iqtelif

turkish

ug_CN

ug_CN@latin

ug_CN.utf8

ug_CN.utf8@latin

uk_UA

uk_UA.koi8u

uk_UA.utf8

unm_US

unm_US.utf8

ur_IN

ur_IN.utf8

ur_PK

ur_PK.utf8

uz_UZ

uz_UZ@cyrillic

uz_UZ.iso88591

uz_UZ.utf8

uz_UZ.utf8@cyrillic

ve_ZA

ve_ZA.utf8

vi_VN

vi_VN.utf8

wa_BE

wa_BE@euro

wa_BE.iso88591

wa_BE.iso885915@euro

wa_BE.utf8

wae_CH

wae_CH.utf8

wal_ET

wal_ET.utf8

wo_SN

wo_SN.utf8

xh_ZA

xh_ZA.iso88591

xh_ZA.utf8

yi_US

yi_US.cp1255

yi_US.utf8

yo_NG

yo_NG.utf8

yue_HK

yue_HK.utf8

yuw_PG

yuw_PG.utf8

zh_CN

zh_CN.gb18030

zh_CN.gb2312

zh_CN.gbk

zh_CN.utf8

zh_HK

zh_HK.big5hkscs

zh_HK.utf8

zh_SG

zh_SG.gb2312

zh_SG.gbk

zh_SG.utf8

zh_TW

zh_TW.big5

zh_TW.euctw

zh_TW.utf8

zu_ZA

zu_ZA.iso88591

zu_ZA.utf8

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In reply to Charles Horton

Re: Adding arabic language support

by Germán Valero -
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Have you looked at the documentation at https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Table_of_locales
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In reply to Germán Valero

Re: Adding arabic language support

by Charles Horton -
Thanks for the suggestion, but that was my first port of call.
After recreating the locales and using the configuration tool to set the values, still no joy.
The locale ar_SA.utf8 is showing as being installed on the server, so I'm beginning to wonder if I need to do some extra configuration to enable Arabic support.
In reply to Charles Horton

Re: Adding arabic language support

by koen roggemans -
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The language pack is configured to use ar.UTF-8 since last week. I don't think that exists, since it doesn't contain a country part.
I changed it to ar_SA.utf8 which can probably be installed on most Linux servers and should be fine on the Moodle.org sites too (see https://docs.moodle.org/dev/List_of_locales_supported_on_Moodle_community_servers).
Update your language packs in 30 mins after this post and it should be fine.
Kind regards
Koen
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