Re: I can't get abiword's spell checker to work

Andy Korvemaker wrote:

>Alan Horkan wrote:
>
>
>>The usual problem with Debian is they fail to include any of the relevant
>>dictionaries needed by the spellchecker.
>>
>>You probably need to make sure you have the necessary dictionaries for
>>the languages you are interested in installed.
>>
>>
>
>Based on a quick check on my Debian system, I *think* the packages
>needed may be aspell-en and/or myspell-en-us (for US English spellchecking).
>
>So, one way to install them would be to run the following as root in a
>terminal window:
> apt-get update
> apt-get install aspell-en myspell-en-us
>
>(Note: this works in Debian. I'm assuming it would work in Feather Linux
>too.)
>
>If you want a fairly nice GUI for installing software in Debian, try
>using Synaptic:
> apt-get install synaptic
>
>Hope that helps!
>
>andy
>
>
Yes, that's best for a newbie.
It's what I used.

Avoid using both aptitude and dselect further down the track, as they
use two different repositories, and the one can't read from the other.
This will get you into a mess also.
The control factor which gives you the power to configure your system,
also gives you the power to screw it completely.
Softly, softly, catchee Linux.
Regards,

David.

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