Hi all,
I have downloaded a offline dictionary called 'ktranslator-0.4.tar.bz2' , I tried to install it reading install instructions but I failed. I am just a beginner in linux, could someone tell me step by step how to install it and where to type the commands like 'make install' and 'configure' (is in run commands) ?
... thanx
Mohammed Hammam

Well, I don't know what the directions say, but it looks like you just need to type:
./configure
make
make install (as root)

Just type these commands in the terminal of your choice.

You could try using StarDict (http://stardict.sourceforge.net). It has a range of dictionaries available and integrates nicely with the UI.

Looks like a nice little tool, I'd not seen it before.

These are the steps I've just run through to install.

Uncompress the file
Extract the files from the single tar file
The tar file extracts to a directory called ktranslator-0.4 so go into that
Configure - gets info about your system ready to compile
If the above step failed then it may be that you don't have either the compiler or the required libraries. It worked fine on my system, but you may need to install the QT development libraries first.

Now compile it
Now install it into the system. I have used sudo to run this with root permissions, alternatively run the make install as root
You've now compiled and installed the program

Now it's installed - run the program
The & runs it in the background so that it frees up your terminal
You will need to add a dictionary from http://ktranslator.sourceforge.net/dictionaries.html. If the file ends in .gz then
or bz2
If you are still getting problems, then please include the error message so that we can see what the problem is.

Hi sweetLOU, avheretic, penguintutor, all,

I have got replies from the above members, 1st thank you for all.
2nd ...
I'll start with the first one ...
sweetLOU
I don't know what the directions say, but it looks like you just need to type:
./configure
make
make install (as root)
Just type these commands in the terminal of your choice.
+++++++++++++++++
I face a problem in c compiler
when i type in run mode
./configure
I got this error
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
linux-9tgg:/home/hammam/Documents/programs/ktranslator-0.4 # ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for -p flag to install... yes
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for kde-config... /opt/kde3/bin/kde-config
checking where to install... /opt/kde3 (as returned by kde-config)
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.
linux-9tgg:/home/hammam/Documents/programs/ktranslator-0.4 #
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

The above is the error I got.
Could someone help to free this error.
... thanx
Mohammed Hammam

The error is saying that you don't have a C compiler installed. The development packages have therefore not been installed. What distribution are you using.

For example:
Fedora / Mandriva / SuSe
are all rpm based, so you need to install the appropriate RPMS from your install disk.


If using Ubuntu
then this is Debian Package Management based.


All the distribution should have some kind of option to install software, or a package management tool (e.g. synaptic package manager). The name of the menu option differs between distribution.


When you get into the "add programs / package manager", you need to add some packages. At the least you should be installing:
gcc
kdelibs(devel)

You may be asked to installed dependencies, which you should answer yes to.

After installing these you can try the ./configure again, and if it reports other missing libraries then you will need to install them as well.

Stewart

Hi penguintutor, all,
I've now compiled and installed the program

Now it's installed - run the program
The & runs it in the background so that it frees up your terminal

Code:
ktranslator &
It does not give me real translation.

linux-wyej:/home/hammam/Documents/programs/ktranslator-0.4 # gunzip EngtoGer.dic.gz
linux-wyej:/home/hammam/Documents/programs/ktranslator-0.4 # tar -xvf EngtoGer.dic
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
tar: Read 9374 bytes from EngtoGer.dic
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

Could you pls explain by example how these commands work ?

by the way how to change the font of this writting ?

... thanx
Mohamed Hammam

That looks like you've got the dictionary.

Most of the dictionaries are tar files, as they have multiple files (e.g. license information). However it looks like that is your final dictionary, just load it into ktranslator.

The following are some common extensions

.gz (gzipped)
.tar.gz (tarred and then gzipped)
.tgz (tarred and gzipped - same as .tar.gz)
.bz2 (bziped)
.tar.bz2 (tarred and bzipped)

Your file after uncompressing now ends with .dic which indicates it is probably a dictionary file.

Hi penguintutor,
Thank you, the issue resolved.
... thanx
Mohammed Hammam