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So far, I was able to start applications in english reliably by specifying the environment variables LANGUAGE (sometimes LANG or LC_ALL) with value en, en_US or C which is also what questions like How to change language of a specific application? explain. env LANGUAGE=en gedit works like a charm.

However, with ubuntu-software I have no luck. Is there any way to start the program in english. I want to write very high-quality instructions in english how to use the software center (including button and other control labels) without switching the system language setup or choosing some other complex approaches like going through the i18n source code.

I'm using Ubuntu 18.10.

Kalle Richter
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Due to a bug in software-center/ubuntu-software (since 2009) it's necessary to get the apt cache in english once in order to be able to start the software in english using the LANGUAGE variable as usual as pointed out by user Rinzwind:

sudo env LANGUAGE=en apt-get update && sudo env LANGUAGE=en ubuntu-software

starts the software in english.

Kalle Richter
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