Change Magento 2 CE default language

[Pixelprothemes]

I just installed magento 2 in a localhost, to test it, but i did not find yet the way to set spanish as admin and front end language. I did try to change the setting in locale but did not work...

[Dmitry_Fedyuk]

That is because there are no any language packages for Magento 2 yet.

[Pixelprothemes]

Hi, thanks for the quick respond. But, i went to the component manager, and i found this, isnt the language pack?

[Dmitry_Fedyuk · Accepted solution]

It is empty (just a stub), there is no dictionary yet: https://github.com/magento/magento2/tree/2.0.0/app/i18n/magento/es_es

[euroshop]

Hi, I got the same problem. Is there a way to know when and where language packages with dictionary will be available or as stay updated? Really thanks!

[JDavidVR]

If you are looking for spanish translation I have create this language pack:
http://jdavidvr.github.io/magento2_david_es_mx/ hope it works for you

[tabstop]

I wanted to install german language and heard about this page: https://crowdin.com/project/magento-2/de#

I downloaded it and copied the folders in my magento folder.

How can I activate this language?

Thank you

[dgarciab]

Hi, did you manage to actívate the language pack?

[petermller971]

Pls see my reply in this post https://community.magento.com/t5/Admin-Configuration-Questions/Cannot-change-language-after-install-... It contains a link to a page that shows, how to enable an installed language pack, in frontend and/or backend (admin). I did it and it worked very well for me, both for frontend and backend.