Thunderbird Dictionaries

[Smallcreep]

(Aesux) wrote:

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>> 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