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Bug 603212 - Dictionaries are not easy to install
Dictionaries are not easy to install
Status: RESOLVED NOTGNOME
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.28.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Evolution Shell Maintainers Team
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-11-28 10:13 UTC by Martin Mai
Modified: 2009-11-28 14:19 UTC
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Description Martin Mai 2009-11-28 10:13:49 UTC 
Originally reported at https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/485798:

The process to install the dictionaries to be used in evolution is not really user-friendly

The only part of the user guide concerning spell checking says:
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8.5.3. Spell Checking

To choose a spell-checking language, select it here. You must install gnome-spell, aspell, and an aspell language package
(like for example aspell-en for english language) for spell-checking to be available in Evolution. Additional dictionaries are available through your package manager and are detected automatically if you have installed them. To have the composer automatically check your spelling while you type, select Check Spelling While I Type. You can set the color for misspelled words.

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There's no mention about:
1. the name of the packages
2. how to install them

Why not having a pop up window that let's you chose the languages you'd like to have the dictionaries installed for.
Comment 1 Matthew Barnes 2009-11-28 14:19:18 UTC 
Installing dictionaries is a distro-level issue.  Different Linux distributions use different dictionary systems (aspell, myspell, hunspell, etc.) and different package management systems (apt, deb, Portage, etc.).  It's unfortunate, but at present it's simply beyond the scope of Evolution to try and install additional software on your system.  There's just too many variables.