Re: Dictionaries in OpenOffice.org

[Josh Metzler <joshdeb@metzlers.org>]

On Monday 15 December 2003 02:28 pm, Kent West wrote:
> Dominique Deleris wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > How do I activate spelling dictionaries in OOo? Is there a
> > special package to be "apt-get install-ed", or should I do it
> > manually?
> >
> > I am seeking to activate english & french dictionaries.
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> westk[@westek]:/home/westk:> apt-cache search nglish | grep ffice
> koffice-i18n-engb - British English (en_GB) i18n files for KOffice
> odontolinux - Dental office management software (PHP4 + PostgreSQL)
> openoffice.org-help-en - OpenOffice.org office suite help (English)
> openoffice.org-l10n-en - English US language package for openoffice.org
> openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-gb - English (GB) hyphenation pattern for
> OpenOffice.org
> openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us - English (US) hyphenation pattern for
> OpenOffice.org
>
>
> Mon Dec 15     13:26:18
> -------------
> westk[@westek]:/home/westk:> apt-cache search rench | grep ffice
> koffice-i18n-fr - French (fr) i18n files for KOffice
> openoffice.org-help-fr - OpenOffice.org office suite help (French)
> openoffice.org-l10n-fr - French language package for openoffice.org
>
>
> I suspect you need to:
>    apt-get isntall openoffice.org-110n-en openoffice.org-110n-fr

This is a reasonable suspicion, but the description for openoffice.org-l10n-en 
clearly says that the spelling dictionaries are not included in this package, 
but in the myspell-* packages.

So, you probably need to
   apt-get install myspell-en-us myspell-fr

Josh