My LibreOffice Writer on Ubuntu has no spelling dictionaries.
Tools->Spelling… shows “Text language: [None]” with the pop-down not clickable.
The Spelling pane title bar says “Spelling: [None]”
I have downloaded an English dictionary via the link under ‘Options’, but it is in ‘Downloads’. Where do I move it to to be seen?
Tools->Thesaurus does have an English (UK) Language setting.
If you installed LibreOffice from Ubuntu repositories, install the hunspell dictionaries of your Ubuntu distribution.
Otherwise, dictionaries are distributed as extension packages. Extensions » Libreoffice Extensions
menu:Tools>Extensions>Add… (or simply open with LibreOffice)
Thanks for that. I tried opening the dictionary file I downloaded with the Extension Manager but there was a popup saying that a location within ~/.config/libreoffice/4/user/…/… doesn’t exist. The popup text is not selectable. While exploring the popup went away and installation apparently started. It has advanced a few % but hasn’t moved for some time now.
Where would I find the ‘hunspell’ dictionaries? I’ve been using LibreOffice for some years now and I can’t remember anything about the installation.
Thanks - David
There are 3 ways, at least, how LibreOffice can be installed on Ubuntu.
Please, open LO, call menu:Help>About… click the copy-button in the middle of the dialog and paste the system info here.
AND the user profile
should exist anyway.
Call menu:Tools>Options>LibreOffice>Paths and tell us about the user’s dictionary path.
Version: 6.4.7.2
Build ID: 1:6.4.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.15
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3;
Locale: en-GB (C); UI-Language: en-GB
Calc: threaded
Dictionaries ~/.config/libreoffice/4/user/wordbook
which has a standard.dic
Found the error window:
I’m not aware of having a user profile. Help tells me about creating a zip of it, but not how to do it (unless need to be in Safe Mode)
~/.config/libreoffice/4/user/uno_packages/cache/uno_packages
exists and is empty.
So your LibreOffice has been installed from Debian packages of your (outdated) distribution.
sudo apt install hunspell-en-gb installs the language package for the entire system including your LibreOffice installation. I would recommend installing a recent version from the official LibreOffice website, though. WritingTool extension not working at LibreOffice Flatpak install - lack of 'libreoffice-java-common'? - #3 by Villeroy
sudo apt remove libreoffice removes the old version.
I tried re-installing hunspell but it made no difference. I would like to upgrade but I have a shortage of disk space. My keyboard is dying also so I’ll need to get a new laptop soon. Just need a source for a large memory laptop (I do run out with only 16GB and I want to do more with Docker) with a couple of large drives.
Thanks for the help.