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2009-06-29 , 19:31
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Originally Posted by neugier View Post
to install these dictionaries do this:
"tar -xjvf a.tar.bz2 mv a /usr/share/stardict/dic". This I typed into X-Terminal, don't know if that was the right thing to do. I never did anything with my windows registry. Should I have selected anything after typing?
Since you mentioned "windows registry", are you using some sort of card reader with your MicroSDHC card to mount the card in M$-Windows? Or did you download the *.tar.bz2 files directly to your N810?

Assuming the first case (you have the MicroSDHC card mounted in Windows), I think you created a directory "stardict" and then a subdirectory "dic", correct? Then you have the stardict-freedict-eng-fra-2.4.2.tar.bz2 file in the \stardict\dic directory, correct? Now you have to "unzip" that file. You need a 3rd party program to decompress *.tar.bz2 files. One that is free and decent is 7-zip, but there are many others out there.

You need to uncompress the *.tar.bz2 files to the memory card in the "\stardict\dic" directory. Besure to keep the directory structure within the *.tar.bz2 files. So you should have files like the following (assuming your mem card is mounted as the F: drive):

Code:
F:\startdict\dic\stardict-freedict-eng-fra-2.4.2\dictd_www.freedict.de_eng-fra.dict.dz
F:\startdict\dic\stardict-freedict-eng-fra-2.4.2\dictd_www.freedict.de_eng-fra.idx
F:\startdict\dic\stardict-freedict-eng-fra-2.4.2\dictd_www.freedict.de_eng-fra.ifo
Now unmount your F: drive mem card from Windows and put it back into your N810. Restart stardict, and you should be able to see your dictionaries when you go to the "Manage Dict" menu.

If you are doing everything on the N810 instead, you can use a previous post for instructions on uncompressing the files. (You would execute the last line starting with the "bunzip2" command.) Or you can install "Gnu Tar" and use the instructions suggested on the StarDict site.

Hope that helps.