How do I add missing dictionaries for aspell?

Question

Aspell version:

$ aspell -v
@(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell 0.60.6)

Dump dict yields no results:

$ aspell dump dicts

First noticed the problem when I did this, was originally working on web server, but someone updated something and it hasn't worked since:

$ aspell check temp_test_file.txt
Error: No word lists can be found for the language "en_US".

What's the proper way of installing the required dictionaries? I believe we're running this on CentOS.

And also, /usr/lib/aspell-0.60 does not contain the required dictionaries (provided that they're supposed to be saved there).

data-dir: /usr/lib/aspell-0.60

score 37 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '14 at 06:42

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If you've installed pspell/aspell via a package channel, the dictionaries may be available in another package. On CentOS 6 using default yum repositories, English dictionaries are in package aspell-en.

answered Oct 25 '14 at 06:42

Quinn Comendant

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I can confirm this answer is also relevant on CentOS 7 and RHEL 7 (tested both). I should then be valid for aspell on OEL (as derived from centos) and scientific (derived from RHEL). – user2066657 Sep 03 '18 at 03:34
I had to get the epel repo before this worked. Detailed here: https://www.theshell.guru/install-aspell-centos-7-2/ – Textcape Apr 27 '20 at 01:46
I also use CentOS 7.9. I found in the error message that he ws looking for de.dat ``` /usr/bin/aspell --lang=de --encoding=utf-8 create master /home/MYUSER/.recoll/aspdict.de.rws Fehler: The language "de" is not known. Der Grund ist wahrscheinlich: the file "/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/de.dat" can not be opened for reading. ``` I had a look, there was not *.dat file. After installing aspell-en there were the english files. No package aspell-de available. So this needs manual installation. You can get dictionaries from ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/0index.html . – karsten May 17 '22 at 10:58
answer is relevant to manjaro also. – Arun Kumar Khattri May 17 '23 at 14:23

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 02 '17 at 07:22

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Download dictionaries from here: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/en/ Unzip it and do,

    ./configure
    make 
    make install

All the instructions are in README. This Makefile will find the correct locations that these dictionaries should go to.

answered Apr 02 '17 at 07:22

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To add dictionaries in any language go to https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/0index.html You really need to – Pedro L. Dec 06 '19 at 10:43

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 29 '15 at 17:50

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I had same problem on Fedora 22. I solved it by installing aspell-en.x86_64package.

answered Aug 29 '15 at 17:50

Sudhir Singh Khanger

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 04 '14 at 01:55

I found that I had file permission errors with the make install step (as per the README instructions from the download above) and couldn't chmod the /sw/share/aspell/ directory. Running sudo make install got around the problem.

Hope that saves someone a headache!

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 03 '17 at 17:42

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On macOS, my problem (as per usual) was that I installed it via some method other than Homebrew (brew install aspell and/or brew cask install cocoaspell).

answered Feb 03 '17 at 17:42

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score -2 · Answer 6 · edited May 13 '15 at 02:57

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You need to install en-aspell. In FreeBSD:

pkg install en-aspell

edited May 13 '15 at 02:57

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answered May 13 '15 at 00:25

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OP's question was asking how to do this on Linux, not FreeBSD.... – itsmejoeeey May 13 '15 at 01:14
I agree. The package might have a completely different name in Linux, and the name could even vary between Linux distros. – jpaugh May 13 '15 at 04:02

How do I add missing dictionaries for aspell?

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