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since1992

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Registered: 2010-09-13

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How to add Stardict dictionary [Solved]

Stardict came with Chinese dictionary. I wanted to install more dictionaries in other languages. So, I have downloaded some dictionaries from http://reciteword.cosoft.org.cn/stardic … rdict-dic/

I unzip the file and got .dict.dz file. And I made ~/.stardict/dic directory and moved dictionary directory to ~/.stardict/dic. However I could not find the dictionaries in Stardict > Manage Dictionaries > Manage Dict. I also try to /usr/share/stardict/dic directory. It didn't work either. Anyone knows how to add more dictionaries to Stardict?

Last edited by since1992 (2010-09-28 11:31:01)

since1992

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Registered: 2010-09-13

Posts: 25

Re: How to add Stardict dictionary [Solved]

I figure it out myself. The downloaded a dictionary had problems. When I extract the file, there were not .idx and .ifo files. There was only .dict.dz file. That's why Stardict could not detect dictionary automatically. I spent about 5 hours until I realized that I needed .idx and .ifo files with .dict.dz. I hope no one get this trouble like me. Thank you.

Last edited by since1992 (2010-09-28 11:30:40)