Re: Thunderbird Dictionaries

[Smallcreep <smallcreep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

(Aesux) wrote:

> En/na (Aesux) ha escrit:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've migrated from Ubuntu to FC4. I'll like to taste it.
> > Now I'm finishing to tune it.
> > I've a problem installing additional dictionaries for thunderbird.
> > I try to install Spanish and Catalan dictionaries throw the 
> > extensions menu. It seems the process go fine. But when I restart 
> > thunderbird there is no new dictionary installed.
> >
> > Any idea, any suggestion?
>
> I've tested to start thunderbird from a gnome-terminal throw sudo 
> (root rights). I've installed again the dictionaries.
>
> After restarting thunderbird as normal user, now I've the dicts 
> installed. Is this correct. Do I have to install that dicts as root?
>
> Thanks
Basically, yes.  Otherwise the dictionary files can't be written to disc 
and the install fails silently.

Peter