from another thread:Originally Posted by maemo.it

1) download your dictionary on your pc from: http://xdxf.revdanica.com/down2/inde...ormat=StarDict
2) uncompress it using your pc program. if you use linux, just click on file and use your relative program to uncompress it. otherwise install file roller from repos. If you use windows use winrar (or http://7-zip.org)
3) at this point, after uncompress operation, you will have a folder (in my case stardict-English_Italian-2.4.2) with 3 files inside:
English_italian.dict.dz
English_italian.idx
English_italian.ifo
4) open xterminal on your N900 and write:
mkdir /home/user/.stardict/dic/
5) copy folder inside /home/user/.stardict/dic/ directory
To do this connect your N900 to your pc as mass store and copy (by clicking your mouse) your dict folder into MyDocs folder.
After did disconnect N900 from your PC, open xterminal and digit:
cd MyDocs
mv your_dict_folder /home/user/.stardict/dic/
(eg. in my case, like before:
mv stardict-English_Italian-2.4.2 /home/user/.stardict/dic/)
that's all

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asasan wrote:

I have taken the first 4 steps. The problem is with the mv command.

mv <anyDic...> /home/user/.stardict/dic/
gives the following message:
mv: cannot preserve ownership of '/home/user/.stardict/dic/<anyDic...>' : Operation not permitted.

The scary thing for me is that the file disappears too. So I don't know if these relatively big files are just lost occupying preciouse space while my stardict doesn't work.

how can I check what is in home/user/.stardict/dic

Am I missing a parameter? or doing something else wrong?
Please help.