Timothy Musson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Russell L. Harris wrote: >> And is there a "local" dictionary which can be installed on a machine >> which does not have Internet access? > > Yes. Install 'dictd' and 'dict-gcide'. Then, in the GNOME dictionary's > preferences dialog, set the Server to 'localhost'. > > For a list of available dictionaries, try: > > $ apt-cache search --names-only dict- > > I also like to add the following line to /etc/default/dictd: > > DICTD_ARGS="$DICTD_ARGS --listen-to=127.0.0.1" > > Hope that helps,
Many thanks, Tim. This is precisely what I've been needing -- to cut the Internet umbilical for the dictionary. Two or three years ago I tried to do this, but I didn't understand that both a server and a client are needed, and I didn't get things to work back then. But now everything is working nicely, and it took only a few minutes. By the way, I recently discovered the synaptic package manager, and now I hardly ever use apt or apt-get directly. RLH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
