{"id":286,"date":"2013-07-05T03:59:56","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T03:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=286"},"modified":"2024-04-21T13:35:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T13:35:58","slug":"install-stardict-and-setup-dictionaries-on-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2013\/07\/install-stardict-and-setup-dictionaries-on-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Install StarDict and Setup Dictionaries on Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This simple tutorial is going to show you how to install StarDict and set up dictionaries on Ubuntu System. It&#8217;s useful for students and others.<\/p>\n<p><b>NOTE: StarDict does NOT launch in current Ubuntu 22.04 due to <a href=\"https:\/\/bugs.launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/stardict\/+bug\/1999288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this bug<\/a>. So this tutorial does no longer work until the bug is fixed!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>StarDict is a free dictionary lookup program. Works on Windows, Linux and Mac, off-line or international.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Stardict-dirtionary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-289\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Stardict-dirtionary.jpg\" alt=\"Stardict-dirtionary\" width=\"420\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Stardict-dirtionary.jpg 420w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Stardict-dirtionary-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Install StarDict in Ubuntu:<\/h3>\n<p>StarDict is available in system repositories for all current Ubuntu versions. Simply launch Ubuntu Software or App Center, then just search and install the &#8216;stardict&#8217; package:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/startdict-softwarecenter.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46238\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/startdict-softwarecenter-700x403.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/startdict-softwarecenter-700x403.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/startdict-softwarecenter-300x173.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/startdict-softwarecenter-768x442.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/startdict-softwarecenter.webp 977w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For choice, you can press <code>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open terminal, then run the command below instead to install it:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install stardict<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/apt-stardict.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46239\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/apt-stardict-700x475.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/apt-stardict-700x475.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/apt-stardict-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/apt-stardict-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/apt-stardict.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download and install dictionaries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can download Babylon (.bgl) dictionaries from: <a href=\"https:\/\/tuxor1337.frama.io\/firedict\/dictionaries.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tuxor1337.frama.io\/firedict\/dictionaries.html<\/a>. If instead of .bgl files you are getting .exe installers, use 7Zip to extract them.<\/p>\n<p>To setup dictionaries for StarDict, extract the downloaded packages and move them into <b>\/usr\/share\/stardict\/dic\/<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Press <b>Alt+F2<\/b>, type and run <code>gksudo nautilus<\/code> to open file browser as root, then do the previous copy and paste things.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This simple tutorial is going to show you how to install StarDict and set up dictionaries on Ubuntu System. It&#8217;s useful for students and others. NOTE: StarDict does NOT launch in current Ubuntu 22.04 due to this bug. So this tutorial does no longer work until the bug is fixed! 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