Firefox language pack

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Gers
Gers Posts: 12,032 Forumite
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I want to download and use the English (GB) language pack on my new laptop and keep getting this error message:
This add-on is not compatible with your version of Firefox
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My version is:
Firefox Quantum
58.!!!6 (64bit) Up to date
You are currently on the beta update channel

Am I doing something wrong?

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  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
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    Could it be because you're running a beta version of Firefox, which is no longer compatible with old/current language packs...?
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    Do you mean the English (United Kingdom) Windows display language - as found in Settings | Time & Language | Region & language in Windows 10? If so then I have that and the same version of Firefox as you on my laptop without any problem.
  • Gers
    Gers Posts: 12,032 Forumite
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    esuhl wrote: »
    Could it be because you're running a beta version of Firefox, which is no longer compatible with old/current language packs...?

    Yes, probably though I don’t know why I’ve got that version. I’ll have to uninstall it and do a new install.

    agrinnall wrote: »
    Do you mean the English (United Kingdom) Windows display language - as found in Settings | Time & Language | Region & language in Windows 10? If so then I have that and the same version of Firefox as you on my laptop without any problem.

    Yes, exactly that. Though I do have a problem.
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    How about unistalling Firefox, installing the language pack, then reinstalling Firefox to see if that works?
  • unforeseen
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    agrinnall wrote: »
    Do you mean the English (United Kingdom) Windows display language - as found in Settings | Time & Language | Region & language in Windows 10? If so then I have that and the same version of Firefox as you on my laptop without any problem.

    Doubt it, the language pack for Firefox gives an English (UK) dictionary for the spell checking. Nothing to do with Windows language settings.
  • agrinnall
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    unforeseen wrote: »
    Doubt it, the language pack for Firefox gives an English (UK) dictionary for the spell checking. Nothing to do with Windows language settings.

    So why has the OP responded "Exactly that" to my post? It seems that it is the English (UK) display language that the OP is trying to install, and for some unknown reason FF is having an issue with it. Believe it or not, but we have to go on what the OP tells us.
  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
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    unforeseen wrote: »
    Doubt it, the language pack for Firefox gives an English (UK) dictionary for the spell checking. Nothing to do with Windows language settings.

    No -- the spellcheck dictionaries are different to language packs, which just translate the language in the user interface.

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/language-tools/
  • donnac2558
    donnac2558 Posts: 3,610 Forumite
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    Since the last update of Firefox spellcheck just would not work, does says it there. So I moved to another Grammery instead.
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