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Compiled on 2023-12-17 from rev dcda231188dc.

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Installing gadict dictionaries

Downloading

Official sources tarballs and compiled builds are available at:

Compiled tarball provides:

Compiled tarballs have names like:

gadict-$major.$minor.tar.gz
gadict-$major.$minor.zip

Source tarballs have names like:

gadict-$major.$minor_src.tar.gz

Installation instruction for GoldenDict

Get distribution tarball and extract files from dictd directory in desired place.

Select Edit ==> Dictionaries... in GoldenDict menu (or just press F3) and add directory where you extracted files. Press Refresh button and enjoy!

Note

Only *.dict.dz and *.index files are required for GoldenDict.

How to build and install using supplied Makefile

To build and install to /usr/local/ run as root:

$ make install

For regular user prefix is set to:

$HOME/usr

To install to different place run:

$ make install prefix=$PREFIX

How to uninstall using supplied Makefile

To uninstall run one of:

$ make uninstall
$ make uninstall prefix=$PREFIX
$ make prefix=$PREFIX uninstall uninstall-local-symlink

Register dictionaries in dictd server in Debian

For given directory /home/user/usr/share/dictd/:

$ su
# cat >>/etc/dictd/dictd.order <<EOF
gadict
/home/user/usr/share/dictd/
^D
# dictdconfig --write
# /etc/init.d/dictd restart
^D
$ dictdconfig --list
$ dict -d gadict v