Thursday, December 18, 2008

Stardict, Open Source Free Dictionary for Ubuntu Linux

$ sudo apt-get install stardict

Stardict is a dictionary, thesaurus, translator !!!

We can use more that one dictionary database, for example: Merrian Webster Dictionary, Longman Dictionary, etc. You can download the dictionary files from http://stardict.sourceforge.net/Dictionaries_dictd-www.dict.org.php

The dictionary files should go here: /usr/share/stardict/dic
Steps to add New Dictionary (example uses logman dictionary)

download stardict-longman-2.4.2.tar.bz2 files

$ sudo cp stardict-longman-2.4.2.tar.bz2 /usr/share/stardict/dic $ sudo tar -xjvf stardict-longman-2.4.2.tar.bz2


You can re arrange the search order of your dictionaries
It can be used for testing pronunciation, After installation it will be available on Applications-->Accessories
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4 comments:

  1. vinay georgianAugust 20, 2009 at 5:05 PM

    thanks .i tried as u said and it worked......

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  2. AnonymousAugust 28, 2010 at 3:39 PM

    Hi!

    Seems like they removed the stardict-longman-2.4.2.tar.bz2. Will you please make it available on your blog?

    Thanks,

    Johan

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  3. ddddddJune 28, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    That is correct. They were illegal pirated data.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2012 at 10:50 PM

    found the files here:


    http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/4902129/babylon_stardict

    Hope you find what you want.

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