Thank you Roland. So this was just an issue with Ubuntu not updating the package...
From: Roland Rosenfeld <rol...@debian.org> Subject: [Bug 1791811] Re: emacs ispell can't find german (deutsch) dictionary Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 15:24:04 -0000 Message-ID: <153667944478.24667.7666647378791142805.mal...@gac.canonical.com> > 2018/09/11 16:30:52 (+0100) loganberry.canonical.com [127.0.0.1] => > loganberry.canonical.com > 2018/09/11 16:30:52 (+0100) loganberry.canonical.com [91.189.90.37] => > indium.canonical.com > 2018/09/11 16:30:54 (+0100) [91.189.90.7] => mx17.ispgateway.de > 2018/09/11 16:30:55 (+0100) [80.67.18.18] => mailcluster2-8.ispgateway.de > 2018/09/11 16:30:55 (+0100) sslmailpool.ispgateway.de [134.119.228.54] => > walnut > 2018/09/11 16:30:55 (+0100) walnut [127.0.0.1] => pine -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to igerman98 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1791811 Title: emacs ispell can't find german (deutsch) dictionary Status in igerman98 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The ispell function of emacs expects to find a file such as /usr/lib/aspell/deutsch.alias, just as there is a file british.alias in the English aspell version. The file should probably simply contain the lines: # File added to make emacs ispell work add de_DE.multi Of course, as a simple workaround, you can add this file by hand. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: aspell-de 20151222-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-134.160-generic 4.4.140 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-134-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Sep 10 21:00:17 2018 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-31 (9 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: igerman98 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/igerman98/+bug/1791811/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
