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Dictionary for Linux

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surdy Original post #1
Mar 28, 2005 at 1:16 AM
There are enough good English dictionaries available for windows Platform

I'am looking 4 a gud Eng dicti 4 Linux platform ....that must be having a good large database of words.
Any suggetions??
GNUrag
GNUrag #2
Mar 28, 2005 at 1:40 PM
There's a Dictionary client called gdict in GNOME. Using this would require you to have access to internet so that the client can connect to a dict server.

You may also install a local dictd server if you may please.
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surdy #3
Mar 28, 2005 at 7:52 PM
thanx ...i knew that ...but the problem is that i don't have 24 hour internet acess

any more suggetions
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Mar 28, 2005 at 11:07 PM
I know of a dictionary that was installed when i emerged abiword its big and i think good. Its called aspell-en-0.51.1 in gentoo so you can find the equivalant rpm or deb as the case may be.
GNUrag
GNUrag #5
Mar 29, 2005 at 2:21 PM
but pradeep, that is Abiword's internal spell check dictionary. You can't really use it outside Abiword and OpenOffice. aspell, myspell are wrong word correction dictionaries.
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surdy #6
Mar 30, 2005 at 12:16 AM
yes buddy ..i want full-fleged dicitionary ........... anyone??
GNUrag
GNUrag #7
Mar 30, 2005 at 2:17 AM
For installing dictionary client:
apt-get install gdict
apt-get install kdict


For installing local dict server
apt-get install dictd
apt-get install dict-gcide
apt-get install dict-client


the dict-gcide package is contains the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English, formatted for use by the dictionary server in the dictd package. The GCIDE contains the full text of the 1913 Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, supplemented by many definitions from WordNet, the Century Dictionary, 1906, and many additional definitions contributed by volunteers

please not that i haven't installed a dict server myself.
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surdy #8
Apr 3, 2005 at 12:45 AM
thanx GNUrag ..i'll try wat u have told
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klinux #9
Apr 3, 2005 at 12:48 AM
didnt PCQ Debian have a couple of dictionaries in it ?
GNUrag
GNUrag #10
Apr 3, 2005 at 1:13 AM
Yes it does. Its an official snapshot of Sarge. It has lots of packages... in fact i use it as my local debian mirror :)