If you don't have this file you will be able to open the program but when you click on the main menu nothing will happen. It's also recommended to have Pulse Audio.If you want to back it up, besides the installation directory backup the.font directory (optional), and the file ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/#Security/FlashPlayerTrust/ldoce5.cfg, which only contains the path to the ldoce5 installation, for instance, /usr/share/ldoce5/. UPDATE 2.It also works on Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10.You need the Adobe Flash Plugin, otherwise sound will not work. The only problem I found is that on the 'Teacher Resouces' section, the links to the pdfs do not work, however, they can be directly accessed in ldoce5/chrome/ldoce5/pdfs. To my surprise it worked! Most things work fine: sounds, links, nice fonts. I went to the directory where it installed the dictionary and with my fingers crossed I run ldoce5. A terminal-based installer launched with the message 'You are running an x86 machine with glibc-2.1', I pressed OK, then I agreed with the licence and chose the instalation directory. Then I ran ldoce5/linux/setup.sh (after adding execute permission to setup.sh). So I copied the whole cd to the hard disk, and renamed ldoce5/linux/setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/ to ldoce5/linux/setup.data/bin/Linux/amd64/. Just run from the linux directory linux32./setup.sh Since I had nothing to lose, I though about executing the installer for the x86 version. UPDATE: I found an easier way to make the installer work than the one described on the next paragraph. However, there is no linux/setup.data/bin/Linux/amd64/ directory. sh I noticed that it determines the architecture (amd64 or x86), and it uses that value to construct a path to the actual installer, e.g. However, when I tried to run linux/setup.sh, I got following error: The setup program seems to have failed on amd64/glibc-2.1 Fatal error, no tech support email configured in this setup After investigating the script setup. According to LDOCE5 should work on Ubuntu 9.04+ on both architectures. It is easier to install it from the console. Libgtk1.2 is not available in Karmic (see and although there are ways to install it (e.g. On the cd there is a file LINUX_README.txt which says that if you want to launch the installer in graphical mode you have to install libgtk1. In some instances LDOCE 5 will always ask for the disc to be inserted before it will run, even with a full installation.Īfter spending some time I managed to install the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5th edition (LDOCE5) on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) 64-bit and I want to share my experience. FAQs For Windows users: Everytime I load LDOCE 5 it requests the disc to be inserted. For Windows users: Everytime I load LDOCE 5 it requests the disc to be inserted. 350 Mhz, 256 MB RAM, Windows users, click here for FAQ.
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