Language packs: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 10:31, 15 September 2014

Language pack installation

Over 100 language packs are available for an administrator to install on your Moodle site via Settings > Site administration > Language > Language packs. Simply select the languages you require from the list of available language packs and click on the "Install selected language pack" button.

Multiple language packs may be selected for install by holding down the Apple or Ctrl key whilst clicking on the language packs.

Language packs are a work-in-progress, since new language strings are added for new features in each new version of Moodle. Language packs for Moodle 2.4 lists the percentage of language strings translated in each language pack.

Parent language packs

Certain language packs contain only the modified language strings from their parent language, rather than a complete set. Thus, it is necessary to install the parent language pack too. These language packs are:

de_du, de_kids and de_comm (which requires de)
es_ar (which require es)
fr_ca (which requires fr)
en_us (which requires the default en)

Manual language pack installation

In general, the easiest way to install additional language packs is from within Moodle. However, it is also possible to install a language pack manually by downloading the zip file from Language packs for Moodle 2.4 and unzipping it to a directory called lang in your moodledata directory.

Language pack updates

To update installed language packs, except English and any local language packs, click the 'Update all installed language packs' button in Settings > Site administration > Language > Language packs. The English language pack is updated automatically each time the site is upgraded.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Language}}
+==Language pack installation==
 Over 100 language packs are available for an administrator to install on your Moodle site via ''Settings > Site administration > Language > Language packs''. Simply select the languages you require from the list of available language packs and click on the "Install selected language pack" button.
 Multiple language packs may be selected for install by holding down the Apple or Ctrl key whilst clicking on the language packs.
-All language packs, apart from English, are stored in ''moodledata/lang'' folder.
+Language packs are a work-in-progress, since new language strings are added for new features in each new version of Moodle. [https://download.moodle.org/langpack/2.4/ Language packs for Moodle 2.4] lists the percentage of language strings translated in each language pack.
 ==Parent language packs==
@@ Line 16: / Line 18: @@
 ==Manual language pack installation==
-Language packs may also be installed manually by downloading the zip file from [http://download.moodle.org/langpack/2.0/ Moodle 2.0 language packs] to a directory called ''lang'' in your ''moodledata'' directory and then unzipping.
+In general, the easiest way to install additional language packs is from within Moodle. However, it is also possible to install a language pack manually by downloading the zip file from [https://download.moodle.org/langpack/2.4/ Language packs for Moodle 2.4] and unzipping it to a directory called ''lang'' in your ''moodledata'' directory.
 ==Language pack updates==
@@ Line 28: / Line 30: @@
 [[eu:Hizkuntza-paketeak]]
+[[es:Paquetes de idioma]]
 [[fr:Paquetages de langue]]
 [[ja:言語インポートユーティリティ]]
 [[de:Sprachpakete]]
-[[zh:语言倒入工具]]

Documentation