On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 6:07 PM, UD <ehud.kap...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried removing ~/.lyx and restarting Lyx before I posted my original > question, but it did not work. > My suspicion is that the compiled-from-source lyx somehow failed to make > contact with the spellchecker and dictionaries, > and that when I run lyx it is that version (from /usr/local/bin) that is > actually running. > You likely didn't compile with the corresponding options enabled (aspell, hunspell and/or enchant).
> I do not have this problem on several other machines, > where I used the binary installer (both for Windows and for ubuntu), which > is why I suspect the compiled-from-source version. > If possible, try to install the version from the PPA: The spellcheckers, when installed, should work out of the box. Liviu
