Trouble changing language in LinuxCNC

Hi everyone,

I'm having trouble changing the language of LinuxCNC from English to Portuguese. I'm running Debian 9.4 and I installed LinuxCNC 2.10 using the Synaptic Package Manager.

To change the language, I downloaded the pt_PT.po files from GitHub and tried to convert them to linuxcnc.mo files using the msgfmt command. I followed the steps outlined in the LinuxCNC documentation and was able to generate the pt_PT.mo file.

Next, I tried to copy the file to the appropriate directory (/usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/linuxcnc.mo) and restart LinuxCNC, but the program still shows up in English. I've checked my system locale settings and they're already set to pt_PT, so I'm not sure what else I need to do to get LinuxCNC to use the Portuguese translation file.

Here are the commands I've used so far:

Downloaded the pt_PT.po files from GitHub.
Converted the files to binary format using the msgfmt command: msgfmt -o pt_PT.mo pt_PT.po
Copied the pt_PT.mo file to the appropriate directory: sudo cp pt_PT.mo /usr/share/locale/pt_PT/LC_MESSAGES/linuxcnc.mo
Restarted LinuxCNC: sudo service linuxcnc restart
I've also tried setting the LC_MESSAGES environment variable to the path of the pt_PT.mo file, but that didn't seem to work either.

Can anyone help me figure out what I'm doing wrong? Is there another step I need to take to get LinuxCNC to use the pt_PT.mo file for translations?

Thank you in advance for your help!

Is your system set up for the Portuguese language?

I just type
LANG=en_US.utf8
in a shell and then start LinuxCNC in the same shell to switch the language. (Assuming the english locales are installed)