Ubuntu 18.04 libre office spelling check broken

[jimhce]

Hi,

I installed Ubuntu18.04 with Libre Office version 6.0.7.3 Build ID: 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.10, but it could not run spelling check. Appreciate your advise how to fix it?

Thank you.

Kind regards.

[ActionParsnip]

Why did you not install Ubuntu 20.04? This is also LTS and supported 2 more years after 18.04 support ends.

[ActionParsnip]

What happens when you try to run a spellcheck? Do you see any errors or warnings?

[jimhce]

What happens when you try to run a spellcheck? Do you see any errors or warnings?

No, it did nothing.

For question why I did not install 20.04, because the laptop is used for embedded system software firmware development, it needs to use the same version as the build server.

Thank you.

Kind regards.

[ajgreeny]

Check to see if you have the needed "spell" packages installed, eg, hunspell or one of the others; not on a buntu system at present so can't check what I have but I'm sure hunspell is one of them, maybe aspell as well.

[Hagar Delest]

See if that helps: [Tutorial] Spell check and Language configuration.
Depending on your findings, it will help investigate if it's a package issue or a mere LO configuration issue.

[jimhce]

I think the spell packages are installed, right?
$ dpkg -l | grep spell
ii aspell 0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 GNU Aspell spell-checker
ii aspell-en 2017.08.24-0-0.1 all English dictionary for GNU Aspell
ii dictionaries-common 1.27.2 all spelling dictionaries - common utilities
ii enchant 1.6.0-11.1 amd64 Wrapper for various spell checker engines (binary programs)
ii hunspell-en-us 1:2017.08.24 all English_american dictionary for hunspell
ii libaspell15:amd64 0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1 amd64 GNU Aspell spell-checker runtime library
ii libenchant1c2a:amd64 1.6.0-11.1 amd64 Wrapper library for various spell checker engines (runtime libs)
ii libgspell-1-1:amd64 1.6.1-1 amd64 spell-checking library for GTK+ applications
ii libgspell-1-common 1.6.1-1 all libgspell architecture-independent files
ii libhunspell-1.6-0:amd64 1.6.2-1 amd64 spell checker and morphological analyzer (shared library)

[Hagar Delest]

I've never bothered checking that in fact.
See if you do see the checkmarks in the LO dialog that tells that the desired language is available/active or not.
Resetting the LO profile may help. It is a standard fix in AOO, not sure if it has the same advantage with LO.

[Dennis N]

In my Ubuntu 18.04, I installed the Flatpak version and removed the repository version of LibreOffice. The spell check works in the Flatpak version (currently 7.0.4.2). So you could use that.

[ajgreeny]

Check your settings in the LO -> Tools -> Options -> Writer to see what you have in the Language and Writing Aids sections.

Here's what I see in my LO and spell check works well.