Hi Kirk, I'd like to have the webster and the wordnet, only those. Sorry, can't use debian packages. Many thanks. Chuck On Thu, 31 Jul 2014, Kirk Reiser wrote: > Hi Chuck: I will happily give you the dictionary files I have for > dict. I have the webster, wn, a few german and a few more. If I have > the original debian packages I can give you those. If not, I'll zip up > the directory trees and you can just drop them in place. > > Kirk > > On Thu, 31 Jul 2014, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > On archlinux, as Chris pointed out, the AUR contains scripts for > > building local dictionaries for dictd. The two I wanted were called > > dictd-web1913 for the Webster Collaborative International Dictionary, > > and dictd-wn for wordnet. However, the former needed the actual > > dictionary files from ftp.dict.org which is not accepting connections, > > and the latter did not build successfully although no build-time > > dependencies were missing. > > > > So, anybody have any better ideas for locating suitable dictionaries > > with which to populate my localhost? What about those already on my > > system in /usr/share/dict? I tried symlinking /usr/lib/dict to > > /usr/share/dict without success, and tried copying the contents of > > /usr/share/dict to /usr/lib/dict, also with no success. > > > > I'm glad dict.org is available again, but I'd like to avoid > > intgerruption of service with local dictionaries if possible > > > > Chuck > > > > > > -- > > > > Chuck in Ghent, northeast of Hudson on the Hudson. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- Chuck in Ghent, northeast of Hudson on the Hudson. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
