How to manually install spell check into Pidgin [Windows]

2/11/2012

Software You Need: 7-Zip, Pidgin, Web Browser, Windows 32 or 64-bit.

Edit Jan.19.2013: Link on step 4 is 404. Download a zip containing en_US.aff and en_US.dic Here.

1. Open CMD as Administrator.
2. In CMD, enter cd %ProgramFiles(x86)% if your on an 64-Bit OS or cd %ProgramFiles% if your on 32-Bit. Hit enter.
3. Type in: mkdir pidgin\spellcheck\share\enchant\myspell\ then hit enter.
4. Download and save the American English Dictionary to your Desktop.
5. Open the Dictionary's .oxt extension inside 7-Zip.
6. Open %ProgramFiles(x86)%\pidgin\spellcheck\share\enchant\myspell\ in Windows Explorer.
7. Extract en_US.aff and en_US.dic to the myspell folder.
8. Restart Pidgin.

18 Comments

Tom

3/15/2012 04:39:50 am

Thanks!

Hans Otjes

5/7/2012 03:37:04 am

Worked for me today, very nice, thank you!

Flare

6/27/2012 08:25:44 am

Thank you, this worked out perfectly.

EdWiN

7/6/2012 05:44:43 pm

Thanks! Work like a charm!

Nino

1/7/2013 03:13:53 am

Hello, The link for the download is not working?

TechFurs link

1/19/2013 06:50:35 am

I added a new download link. It should work now.

sander

2/17/2013 11:23:44 pm

Link needs to be libreoffice-na.us/English-3.6-installs/add-on-dictionaries-large-list/US_English_April-19-2011-dic-file.oxt since they are now up to 3.6

Josh McCullough link

3/6/2013 01:27:36 am

Works,thanks! And thanks sander for the proper URL.

Rajeev

5/4/2013 03:44:50 pm

Thanks , it worked for me too.

Said Bakr link

10/26/2013 01:46:43 am

If you have libreoffice installed on your computer, the two files en_US.aff and en_US.dic should be found at:
C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 3.5\share\extensions\dict-en

Ajit

3/12/2014 02:12:06 am

Thanks worked for me too
but is there any way i can get
suggestion also.

Ale

3/13/2014 09:53:55 am

That worked beautifully, thank you!

Prakash

6/19/2014 01:34:35 am

replace number 4 with this link
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/english-dictionaries-apache-openoffice
where you able to download the dictionary

Once you extract this"dict-en" folder copy all the files and folder inside "dict-en" folder and paste in to this folder "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\pidgin\spellcheck\share\enchant\myspell\"

I hope this help you guys

Ethan M

9/16/2014 03:09:16 am

Restarting wasn't even necessary for me.

Pidgin 2.10.3 (libpurple 2.10.3)
a156edcd53a8398f063e22843a3dea987be4e81d

Illanyss

8/19/2015 08:22:33 pm

That's very nice but where is the UK English dictionary?

Ralf Tenbrink link

10/14/2015 08:32:39 am

I used the OpenOffice download as described and in my Pidgin its using the English dictionary. I presume it picks up on the location setting in windows.

Thanks for the help. Works great,

Illanyss

10/14/2015 10:55:26 am

It picks no location or it wouldn't show all the other languages. It just seems stuck to American English which sucks for me.

Mya Murphy link

1/15/2021 04:08:29 pm

Lovely post thanks for posting.

How to manually install spell check into Pidgin [Windows]

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