Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

[lordofallhearts]

Hi all
I am posting this thread to help those who want to install Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (7th edition software) in Ubuntu. In case you further need assistance , feel free

1.) Install libgtk1.2 from http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/libgtk1.2
Install libcanberra-gtk-module from
http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/li...rra-gtk-module
Even if libcanberra-gtk-module doesnt work , you can carry on with installation.

2.) Open your CD / Mounted image. In Linux folder double click Installation.sh
3.) Install the software with full installation. It installs in Home / Oald .
4.) Run the software by doubleclicking oald7 in the folder home / Oald. See if audio files are installed or not. If not , then reinsert CD / remount image and again go with installation. Install your audio files.

5.) Dictionary is installed but you'll find that fonts are too small.Hence you need to install the appropriate fonts.

Open a terminal window (Applications > Accessories > Terminal )

sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts

sudo cp Verdana * /usr/local/oald/fonts


After this open the folder Home / oald / fonts
and place the following content in fonts.dir



9
DictBats.ttf-misc-DictBats-medium-r-normal - 0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
Verdana.ttf-microsoft-Verdana-medium-r-normal - 0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
Verdana_Bold.ttf-microsoft-Verdana-bold-r-normal - 0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
Verdana_Italic.ttf-microsoft-Verdana-medium-i-normal - 0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
verdana.ttf-microsoft-Verdana-medium-r-normal - 0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
verdanab.ttf-microsoft-Verdana-bold-r-normal - 0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
verdanai.ttf-microsoft-Verdana-medium-i-normal - 0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1

DictBats.ttf -altsys-DictBats-large-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-ascii-0
DictBats.ttf -altsys-DictBats-large-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso10646-1

Now its done !!!!

[munishvit]

Thanks for the information..

[oldos2er]

You might want to post this to Tips & Tutorials.

[helen_prag]

I was used to Windows so, now I'm struggling with Linux. I hope I'll manage to install it.

[lordofallhearts]

In case you get stuck , or any other problem feel free to consult

[ivanla]

Hi,

I am running Karmic Koala 64bit and libgtk1.2 is no longer in the repository. I managed to add Jaunty repo to synaptic and it appeared so I could install it. But it seems that OALD7 requires 32bit version of it as the installer still does not start saying following:

error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load 'atal'
The setup program seems to have failed on x86/glibc-2.1

Please contact Loki Technical Support at support@lokigames.com

I would be grateful if anyone could advise on this matter.

[viebuntu]

Hi,
I do have exactly the same problem as ivanla (failing installation of the OALD 7 Dictionary).
However without the mentioned "add[ing] Jaunty repo to synaptic"-part that ivanla mentions. I didn't try anything in this respect. I tried to install the packages mentioned in the first post by lordofallhearts from July 2009, however this fails due to wrong dependencies.


I'm running a 32-bit version:
2.6.31-20-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 05:23:09 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

Help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[meho_r]

But, why not using StarDict, for which there are many dictionaries, one of them being The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary?

[ivanla]

I have managed to start installer and install OALD7, however pronouncing still does not work.

I did following:
1. went to http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=474790 for instructions on how to install getlibs as to install needed 32bit libraries on my 64bit OS.
2. Added dapper "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe" repo to app sources.
3. Installed libgtk1.2 and others with the help of apt-get.
3. ran installation: linux32 ./installation.sh

@viebuntu
It seems to me you had better do the same as I did: add dapper repo to resolve dependencies.

[ivanla]

But, why not using StarDict, for which there are many dictionaries, one of them being The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary?

I would say that OALD7 has better functionality and the interface is much friendlier than one of StarDict.