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Downloaded British English dictionary in Firefox but not seen in Thunderbird

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greyastro
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Also used "get more dictionaries" in Thunderbird spelling check box. This didn't download the Britsh English dictionary selected - just got a "rotating icon" as though it was trying to download - but didn't download it. Several attempts made.

OS: Linux Mint 17 cinnamon.

Also used "get more dictionaries" in Thunderbird spelling check box. This didn't download the Britsh English dictionary selected - just got a "rotating icon" as though it was trying to download - but didn't download it. Several attempts made. OS: Linux Mint 17 cinnamon.

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Sourjobraato Banerjee, please read the question again as your reply is not close to what the question was about.


Just right click and save it to disk then in Thunderbird you can open file in TB or in Addons Manager or i think even drag and drop onto TB window to install it.

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Sourjobraato Banerjee
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James
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Sourjobraato Banerjee, please read the question again as your reply is not close to what the question was about.


Just right click and save it to disk then in Thunderbird you can open file in TB or in Addons Manager or i think even drag and drop onto TB window to install it.

greyastro
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James 1. On Mozilla site only "Install" option available but able to download zip file from dictionary home page to disk. 2. Unzipped it. 3. "Dragged" it onto TB. British English dictionary then appeared as an option in spell checker. Great!

Problem solved - hopefully!

Thank you

James
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It should be a .xpi file and not a .zip file.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/british-english-dictionary-/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/british-english-dictionary-2/

Just right-click and Save Link As to save a filename.xpi


Only the en-US and maybe a couple other like fr comes with a dictionary due to licensing reasons.

greyastro
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Downloaded Brit dictionary from one site as .xpi file. When tried to install got "error, file appears corrupted".

BUT today: TB Addon Manager- search box"dictionary"- this gave list of dictionaries - picked British English - pressed Install button and dictionary was installed automatically. This route worked but the "install more languages" option either via a) spelling button in write message mode or b) via configuration settings hadn't with several attempts!

PROBLEM Solved. Thank you for your help.