Re: [SLUG] Installing a dictionary in Thunderbird

[Howard Lowndes]

Tks for that - it worked - at last...

Richard Neal wrote:

I installed Thunderbird and I got the same problem.

I looked in the install log under ~/./thunderbird/*default* and what its 
trying to do is install the dictionary in a system folder that needs 
"root" permissions.


East way to get around this is just run mozilla-thunderbird as root 
(type su then root password in a terminal then type mozilla-thunderbird)


When Thunderbird tries to do a setup just skip it.

Open the extensions menu drag and drop the dictionary file on the 
extensions window, bingo installed.


Now start Thunderbird  under your user account per normal.

Goto  Edit->Preferences  click on the Composition Icon then the Spelling 
Tab, and in the drop down menu is the Australian dictionary.



in a On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 19:22 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:

I have been trying to install an en-AU dictionary in TB.

It downloads fine and I have the file located and TB says that it has 
been installed, but it still fails to show up in the spell checker.


Any help...?
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Regards

Richard Neal

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mirror it.

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Re: [SLUG] Installing a dictionary in Thunderbird

[Richard Neal]

I installed Thunderbird and I got the same problem.

I looked in the install log under ~/./thunderbird/*default* and what its trying to do is install the dictionary in a system folder that needs "root" permissions.

East way to get around this is just run mozilla-thunderbird as root (type su then root password in a terminal then type mozilla-thunderbird)

When Thunderbird tries to do a setup just skip it.

Open the extensions menu drag and drop the dictionary file on the extensions window, bingo installed.

Now start Thunderbird  under your user account per normal.

Goto  Edit->Preferences  click on the Composition Icon then the Spelling Tab, and in the drop down menu is the Australian dictionary.


in a On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 19:22 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote: 


I have been trying to install an en-AU dictionary in TB.

It downloads fine and I have the file located and TB says that it has 
been installed, but it still fails to show up in the spell checker.

Any help...?
-- 
Howard.
LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people 
When you want a computer system that works, just choose Linux;
When you want a computer system that works, just, choose Microsoft.
-- 
Flatter government, not fatter government; abolish the Australian states.






Regards

Richard Neal

Real Men don't make backups.  They upload it via ftp and let the world mirror it.
    -- Linus Torvalds









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[SLUG] Installing a dictionary in Thunderbird

[Howard Lowndes]

I have been trying to install an en-AU dictionary in TB.

It downloads fine and I have the file located and TB says that it has 
been installed, but it still fails to show up in the spell checker.


Any help...?
--
Howard.
LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people 
When you want a computer system that works, just choose Linux;
When you want a computer system that works, just, choose Microsoft.
--
Flatter government, not fatter government; abolish the Australian states.

--
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Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html