Bug is still present in 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) enchant works well, empathy not.
~$ enchant -d de-DE /tmp/German_Test_Text.txt ~$ enchant -d de /tmp/German_Test_Text.txt error: line 1: missing or bad word count in the dic file Hash Manager Error : 4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/559894 Title: German spellchecking does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/559894/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs