remove unwanted languages from Openpli

[frank087234]

HOW to remove unwanted languages, flags from Openpli, SAFELY???

[gji25]

if you know how to programme in linux you can recompile the image and ommit the languages and flag icons that you dont want.

[portbhoy]

Ftp into the box, browse to usr/share/enigma2/po for languages and usr/share/enigma2/skin_default/countries for flags. I'm pretty sure you can just delete them.

[frank087234]

Ftp into the box, browse to usr/share/enigma2/po for languages and usr/share/enigma2/skin_default/countries for flags. I'm pretty sure you can just delete them.

I ve done this , now it wont bootup at all!!!

[portbhoy]

Hmmm strange shouldn't have effected your boxes ability to boot, I will give it a try and report back.

[portbhoy]

Ok did that and my box booted up fine but if I go into the language menu I go into a boot loop so ignore everything I just said. Now I'm away to reflash my box!!!

[frank087234]

Ok did that and my box booted up fine but if I go into the language menu I go into a boot loop so ignore everything I just said. Now I'm away to reflash my box!!!

thanks mate, i told ya. I don't know why it is not that simple.

[gji25]

like i said, if you know how to programme using linux you can recompile the image

[frank087234]

like i said, if you know how to programme using linux you can recompile the image

there must an easier way!!!

[southpaw]

unashamedly cut+pasted from elsewhere

Here's how you can remove unused system languages from your openpli 2.1 system


Important - Before you begin:


* Backup your Language.pyo from /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Components to a safe location so you can restore in case sth goes wrong.


* the supplied language.py mod is based on Openpli 2.1, I have no idea whether it'd be compatible on other images or not. But if you have access to language.PY version, it should be the same.


* Download the file below, there are 2 folders inside; original and edited for English only.




If you only want English like I do, then upload the edited version to /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Components, restart enigma 2 and you're done!


But if you want to edit it for your preferred language, then;


1 - Upload Language.py from original folder (download) to /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Components, then


2 - Open it with a python-capable editor, on a mac i use "Sublime Text 2", and navigate to Language (class), see screenshot...





3 - Edit/Remove all "self.addLanguage" sub-entries of those unwanted languages, keep only the one(s) you need, see screenshot...





4 - Save your edits then Restart enigma2 to apply...you'll only be able to see and select the languages you left out, see screenshot...





- Now, let's clean it up for good;


- go to /usr/share/enigma2/po/ and remove the very same languages you edited out of Language.py (step3 above)...


- go to /usr/lib/locale and do the same...,


- then go to /usr/share/enigma2/countries/ and remove the flags for those very same countries.




Bonus:


If you want to gain even more space, and i don't blame you if you've got an old dm800 like me; you prolly know that inside almost each and every system Plugin and/or Extension, there is a locale folder which translates the Plugin and/or Extension menus to your current system language, so by removing the languages you don't need from there, you are basically doing the same thing...reclaiming space that is just sitting there!!!


I hope this helps, Enjoy!


Thx to everyone who helped out, couldn't have figured it out by myself!


Download Here:
Language PY code.zip

[southpaw]

also from elsewhere

tspanel- from tools 2 -language manager will be able to remove languages and to restore them

[frank087234]

also from elsewhere

tspanel- from tools 2 -language manager will be able to remove languages and to restore them

I ll try first method. The tspanel method causes the box to stop booting Up needing reflash.
thanks

[gji25]

have fun and post back how you get on

[frank087234]

The first method worked perfect.!!!