How can I change the language (to english) in Oracle SQL Developer?

configuration oracle-sqldeveloper

I am running a non-english Windows 7 system, and apparently Oracle SQL Developer (version 3.0.04.34, 64-bit) tries to auto-guess my preferred language based on the OS. Is there any way to change the language to english?

I've tried the tip found at http://misteratmisis.com/infotech/how-change-oracle-sql-developer-interface-japanese-english, namely adding the VM options

AddVMOption -Duser.language=en
AddVMOption -Duser.country=US

to file ide.conf in directory

/ide/bin

within the SQL Developer installation directory, as suggested, but that didn't help.

Solution (edited on 13.09.2012):

I decided to try again the solution proposed by Alex K. and this time it worked, namely adding

AddVMOption  -Duser.language=en

to the file sqldeveloper.conf file located in sqldeveloper\bin\ folder. I presume that it did work now but not before, because meanwhile I have changed my UAC (user access control) settings in Windows 7 so that I am administrator by default. What happened before was probably that even though the changes appeared to be there, the configuration file read by the program was another one (shadow copy).

Solution for Mac OS X (added on 26.02.2016):

Edit file at

/Applications/SQLDeveloper.app/Contents/Resources/sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper/bin/sqldeveloper.conf

and add the line

AddVMOption  -Duser.language=en

(Tested with SQL Developer 4.1.3.20)

Apparently somebody voted to close this as off-topic. I considered briefly asking this at superuser.com, but as Oracle SQL Developer is a tool primarily used by developers I think this question is most relevant here. As stated in SO FAQ, questions about "software tools commonly used by programmers" should be welcome on SO, so I can't imagine this question being off-topic. However, if this question could be improved I welcome any suggestions.

it worked like a breeze! simon you are da man!

Adding: AddVMOption -Duser.language=en to file: /ide/bin did not work for me either until I started sqldeveloper with administrator rights.

If you are limited by missing admin privileges, go for the solution from @anilech . I have similar problems and created a .bat file calling sqldeveloper.exe --AddVMOption=-Duser.language=en

If you are not the admin and need a workaround, besides creating a .bat, you may also modify your windows shortcut by adding the extra option.

Alex K

Try to set user.language and user.country properties in sqldeveloper.conf file located in sqldeveloper\bin folder (%APPDATA%\sqldeveloper\<version>\product.conf for more recent versions) .
Sample for set french language:

IncludeConfFile ../../ide/bin/ide.conf

SetJavaHome D:\jdk1.6.0_25

AddVMOption  -Doracle.ide.util.AddinPolicyUtils.OVERRIDE_FLAG=true

AddVMOption -Dsun.java2d.ddoffscreen=false

AddVMOption -Dwindows.shell.font.languages=
AddVMOption -Duser.language=fr
AddVMOption -Duser.country=FR
AddVMOption  -XX:MaxPermSize=128M

AddVMOption -Doracle.jdbc.mapDateToTimestamp=false  
IncludeConfFile  sqldeveloper-nondebug.conf

To switch off language try to remove its support by editing oracle.translated.locales option in ide.boot file (located in ide\bin folder).
For example, if I want to 'break' french language support this option will be:

oracle.translated.locales = de,es,it,ja,ko,pt_BR,zh_CN,zh_TW

The original value was:

oracle.translated.locales = de,fr,es,it,ja,ko,pt_BR,zh_CN,zh_TW

The configuration above (sqldeveloper.conf file) will be wrong after remove french support and the french language does not appear as GUI localization.

Thanks for the feedback. In your case the language is possibly english because there is no russian language support for the program and it falls back to english?

Did you download localization (non-english)? I can try to change language

No, I just downloaded the standard version from oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/downloads/…

Ok, I'll try to set french language

For recent versions, the recommend place to add the option seems to be "%APPDATA%\sqldeveloper\\product.conf".

anilech

You can also set language at runtime

sqldeveloper.exe --AddVMOption=-Duser.language=en

to avoid editing sqldeveloper.conf every time you install new version.

As someone who works on Korean systems all the time, thank you. This is a much better alternative to switching the default setup.

Thanks, I picked this answer considering it was the easiest for me to change, and it suits me well.

+1 for nice solution, even useful for users without admin privileges and having pre-installed SW on Company Computers and don't want to consider it whenever a new version gets installed.

It was the best option to me. Thanks.

John John Pichler

You can also configure directly on the file ..sqldeveloper\ide\bin\ide.conf:

Just add the JVM Option:

AddVMOption -Duser.language=en

The file will be like this:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/xmwaN.jpg

Solved the language setting successfully by your approach!!

galeop

https://i.stack.imgur.com/zt5F1.png

doesn't change the application's language for me

Actually this time it didn't work for me neither (v20.2)

These are just database NLS settings, which controls how database behaves on error messages etc. It doesn't have anything to do with the applications language! This tab is similar to setting environment variable (e.g. for sqlplus) to NLS_LANG=EN_SP

Volker Weber

With SQL Developer 4.x, the language option is to be added to ..\sqldeveloper\bin\sqldeveloper.conf, rather than ..\sqldeveloper\bin\ide.conf:

# ----- MODIFICATION BEGIN -----
AddVMOption -Duser.language=en
# ----- MODIFICATION END -----

I can't agree with you. I'm using SQL Developer 4.1.3. I changed ide.conf and worked well.

@HaozheXie I am on 4.2.0 and ide.conf doesn't exist. adding the line in sqldeveloper.conf like the answer states worked for me.

Diomidis Spinellis

Before installation use the Control Panel Region and Language Preferences tool to change everything (Format, Keyboard default input, language for non Unicode programs) to English. Revert to the original selections after the installation.

vimal krishna

On MAC High Sierra (10.13.6)

cd /Users/vkrishna/.sqldeveloper/18.2.0

nano product.conf

on the last line add

AddVMOption -Duser.language=en

Save the file and restart.

=======================================

If you are using standalone Oracle Data Modeller

find ~/ -name "datamodeler.conf"

and edit this file

cd /Users/vkrishna//Desktop/OracleDataModeler-18.2.0.179.0756.app/Contents/Resources/datamodeler/datamodeler/bin/

Add somewhere in the last

AddVMOption -Duser.language=en

save and restart, done!

Suraj Rao

+> In Oracle SQL Developer, you can follow steps by steps as the below image:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/PpdOC.png

+> After opening the file in step 3, you can add this text "AddVMOption -Duser.language=en" to this file and save it.

+> After saving the file, reopen Oracle SQL Developer and check the result.

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