wps-office-all-mui-win-language

In 2023, the Chinese software company Kingsoft Office, which developed WPS Office, released an update with many improvements for Linux available for 64-bit computers; These are the steps so you can install it. You can ask me any questions by email: [email protected]

Tutorial en español

Este tutorial está disponible en español aquí:

WPS Office 2019 versión 11.1.0.11711 actualización 2023 para Linux
https://facilitarelsoftwarelibre.blogspot.com/2023/11/wps-office-2019-version-11.1.0.11704-actualizacion-2023.html.html

This tutorial working in WPS Office 2019 Linux version 11.1.0.11711 Update 2023

This tutorial works on WPS Office 2019 Linux version 11.1.0.11711 update 2023 that brings the four programs:

Writer Presentation Spreadsheet PDF

in the same window:

Tested in:

Linux Mint 21 Vanessa (base Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy)
Q4OS 4 Gemini, Trinity (64 bit, base Debian 11 Buslleye)
MX Linux 21 (64 bit, base Debian 11 Buslleye)

DOWNLOAD

You must download the Chinese version because it has the language switcher button enabled:

Go to:

https://www.wps.cn/product/wpslinux

there clic in the deb:

Mirror for Download

Ubuntukylin Archive

https://archive.ubuntukylin.com/ubuntukylin/pool/partner/

Additionally, if you wish to use the WPS Office 2019 Linux version 11.1.0.11704, which has each program separately, as shown in the following screenshot:

In that list of Ubuntu Kylin above you can download it:

and I have also uploaded the deb to my accounts at:

MEGA
The following link is a mirror that I have uploaded in case the other downloads fail:

https://mega.nz/folder/s6AQHSzC#Kd8qbA-Z7yeTa2P5qcVG3w

Telegram

https://t.me/c/1343202595/14

ttf-wps-fonts

These are the symbol fonts required by wps-office. They are used to display math formulas.

Download

For debian based Linux:
https://github.com/wachin/ttf-wps-fonts/releases/download/1.0/ttf-wps-fonts_1.0_all.deb

For rpm
https://github.com/wachin/ttf-wps-fonts/releases/download/1.0/ttf-wps-fonts-1.0_all.rpm

For others Linux
https://github.com/wachin/ttf-wps-fonts/releases/download/1.0/ttf-wps-fonts_1.0.tar.gz

download the tar.gz file and extract it with right clic "Extract here", then copy the folder to:

.fonts

If this folder does not exist create it. To see hit Ctrl + H to show hidden directories.

Chinese fonts

To work fine this WPS Office Chinese version neet the following fonts:

batang.ttc
gulim.ttc
simfang.ttf
simhei.ttf
simkai.ttf
simsun.ttc
simsunb.ttf

Download it from:

https://github.com/wachin/wps-office-all-mui-win-language/releases/download/v11.1.0.11704/wps-office-cn-fonts.7z

download the .7z file and extract it with right clic "Extract here", then copy the folder to:

.fonts

If this folder does not exist create it. To see hit Ctrl + H to show hidden directories.

Install ibus

This is necessary for special characters like accent marks on Spanish language to can be written in this version 11.1.0.11704, If you need, install with:

sudo apt install im-config ibus ibus-gtk ibus-gtk3

In some more modern Linux the following package goes

 ibus-gtk4

after installed:

RESTART YOUR COMPUTER

Note: If you don't start it it doesn't work.

Install MUI

MUI (Multilingual User Interface) for WPS Office Linux version 2019

Download from:

https://github.com/wachin/wps-office-all-mui-win-language/releases/download/v11.1.0.11704/mui.7z

and paste to:

.local/share/Kingsoft/office6

This folder is hidden (hit "Ctrl + H" to see) and appear from the first time when you open WPS Office Linux, If you have just installed it and have not opened it, open and close it, then the hidden folder appear

then extract there with right clic

This MUI contains:

    Chinese (China)
    English (USA)
    English (United Kingdom)
    French
    French (Canada)
    German (Germany)
    Indonesian
    Japanese (Japan)
    Polish (Poland)
    Portuguese (Brazil)
    Portuguese (Portugal)
    Russian (Russian Federation)
    Spanish (Mexico)
    Spanish (Spain)

to see the button to switch language, when you open WPS Office give clic in:

New tab

then create a new empty document: Presentation, Excel or Document:

the first time when you open the language switcher there is only two available:

Install the Fix language selector

The program has a file with incomplete code in:

/opt/kingsoft/wps-office/office6/mui/lang_list/lang_list_community.json

To fix it, firt create a backup of that file with:

sudo cp /opt/kingsoft/wps-office/office6/mui/lang_list/lang_list_community.json /opt/kingsoft/wps-office/office6/mui/lang_list/lang_list_community.json.backup

then replace the file with the one with the complete code:

wget -c https://github.com/wachin/wps-office-all-mui-win-language/releases/download/v11.1.0.11704/lang_list_community.json && sudo cp lang_list_community.json /opt/kingsoft/wps-office/office6/mui/lang_list/

What that line does is download the file that I have prepared to your HOME and from there it will ask you to be a super user to copy it to the corresponding place in WPS Office in the system, if you want to review its content there it will be downloaded to your HOME, you can open with a text editor.

when you restart WPS Office (don't do it yet until you install the spell checking dictionaries), repeat the steps to open the language switcher, then working:

Note: When there is an update to the program and you have installed it, you must reapply the fix, the instruction in the 2nd step. (Well, in the future, at some point of the program code development it may change and this tutorial will no longer be useful, but up to version 11.1.0.11711 works)

Install spell checking dictionaries

Download from:

https://github.com/wachin/wps-office-all-mui-win-language/releases/download/v11.1.0.11704/dicts.7z

and paste to:

.local/share/Kingsoft/office6

then extract there with right clic

This dicts contains the follow:

af_ZA    African (South Africa)
be_BY    Belarusian (Belarus)
bg_BG    Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
bn_BD    Bengali (Bangladesh)
bs_BA    Bosnian (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
ca_ES    Catalan (Catalonia)
cs_CZ    Czech (Czech)
da_DK    Danish (Denmark)
de_DE    German (Germany)
el_GR    Greek (Greece)
en_AU    English (Australia)
en_GB    English (United Kingdom)
en_US    English (United States)
es_AR    Spanish (Argentina)
es_BO    Spanish (Bolivia)
es_CL    Spanish (Chile)
es_CO    Spanish (Colombia)
es_ES    Spanish (Spain)
es_MX    Spanish (Mexico)
es_PR    Spanish (Puerto Rico)
fr_FR    French (France)
gd_GB    Scots Gaelic (Great Britain)
gl       Galician (strict Volga)
gu_IN    Gujarati (India)
hi_IN    Hindi (India)
hr_HR    Croatian (Croatia)
hu_HU    Hungarian (Hungary)
id_ID    Indonesian
is       Icelandic
it_IT    Italian (Italy)
km_KH    Khmer (Cambodia)
lt_LT    Lithuanian (Lithuania)
ms_MY    Malay (Malaysia)
nb_NO    Norwegian (Norway)
ne_NP    Nepali (Nepal)
nl_NL    Dutch
pl_PL    Polish
pt_BR    Portuguese (Brazil)
pt_PT    Portuguese
qu_EC    Kichwa (Ecuador)
ro_RO    Romanian (Romania)
ru_RU    Russian (Russia)
sk_SK    Slovak (Slovakia)
sl_SI    Slovenian (Slovenia)
sq_AL    Albanian (Albania)
sr       Serbio
sv_SE    Swedish (Sweden)
sw_TZ    Swahili (Tanzania)
tr_TR    Turkish (Turkey)
uk_UA    Ukrainian (Ukraine)
vi_VN    Vietnamese (Vietnam)