Language Pack Installation
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These instructions apply to Release 1.2 and above.
Currently, the installation of the Language Pack files is manual. At some point we will provide an easy install capability. The language files in a Language Pack need to be copied into a specific location, but the location is different for each application server. In the locations listed below, you will need to find the appropriate <custom config> folder for your installation - common ones are also listed below. You can change what languages are available for selection from the login screen - see below for details. You will need to restart the Alfresco server for the changes to take effect.
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[edit] Language Files
- _XX_YY.properties - must be copied to <custom config>/messages
[edit] Custom Configuration Locations
- Tomcat - <Tomcat home>/shared/classes/alfresco (for example, C:\alfresco\tomcat\shared\classes\alfresco)
- JBoss - <JBoss home>/server/default/conf/alfresco (for example, C:\alfresco\jboss\server\default\conf\alfresco)
[edit] Login Language Options
To change the language options offered on the login screen, you need to modify the web-client-config-custom file (you may need to rename the sample file):
- Edit 'web-client-config-custom.xml' file in the <custom config>/extension folder
- Find the '<languages>' section
- Add or remove language entries of the form '<language locale="XX_YY">LangName</language>'
- Save the file
<!--
<config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Languages">
<languages>
<language locale="fr_FR">French</language>
<language locale="de_DE">German</language>
<language locale="ja_JP">Japanese</language>
</languages>
</config>
-->
[edit] Multi-byte Encodings
To view language packs for languages such as Japanese and Russian, you will need to have an appropriate multi-byte font installed on your computer. For example, 'Arial Unicode MS' on Windows PCs.
