Under Ubuntu/debian there are dictionary packages which contain the actual
dictionaries and the dictd server which, together, can provide one with an
off-line version of dict.
HTH, Willem
On Wed, 30 Jul 2014, Janina Sajka wrote:
Yes, I see we were all all over this one with relief and much gratitude.
Long live dict!
Janina
Chuck Hallenbeck writes:
Janina,
The dict.org server is back in operation as of earlier today.
Chuck
On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Hi, Chuck:
>
> I was about to post here asking very much the same question. I have been
> unable to use dict for several days now on any system I have access to,
> mostly Fedora 20, but that isn't the problem as I think you've found
> out.
>
> So, it's a mystery. I hope we get an answer and a revived dict soon. I
> don't want to switch! <grin>
>
> Janina
>
> Chuck Hallenbeck writes:
> > On archlinux I seem to have lost access to my online dictionary after a
> > recent upgrade. I have been using dictd. The file /etc/dict/dictd.conf
> > says is will find a list of dictionaries under /usr/lib/dict, but that
> > seems to be an empty directory.
> >
> > Anybody else seeing this? Anybody know how to fix it?
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
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