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2010-01-02 , 19:12
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Originally Posted by sindhubaa View Post
how to install database file to QStarDict on Nokia N900
Grab dictionaries here:
http://xdxf.revdanica.com/down2/inde...ormat=StarDict

Or here:
http://stardict.sourceforge.net/Dictionaries.php

Make a directory and put the .bz2 files you download into /home/user/MyDocs/dict. Then you need to untar them.

Example:
Code:
mkdir /home/user/MyDocs/dict

wget 
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xdxf/stardict-comn_sdict05_eng-spa-2.4.2.tar.bz2

bzcat stardict-comn_sdict05_eng-spa-2.4.2.tar.bz2 | tar xv
Then in the qdictstar settings, select the "dict" directory and qstardict will use them. It searches subdirectories automatically.

Good luck. Would be nice if this could be done within the program as this is going to be a stumbling block for many users. Or even better, make .debs of various dictionaries and users can just install them to /opt/qstardict/dicts or somesuch.
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