Kobo H20 & koreader unable to see dictionaries

Hopper333 · 11-13-2019, 05:40 AM

Hi all

I am using a Kobo H20 and the latest release of koreader. I haven't installed dictionaries for a while but I did today (they used to work fine). They are in stardict 2.4.2 format, the following unzipped folders have been moved into the correct place and the Kobo rebooted:

mwh@NewAir:/Volumes/KOBOeReader/.adds/data/dict$ ls
stardict-Collins_Thesaurus-2.4.2
stardict-Oxford_English_Dictionary_2nd_Ed._P1-2.4.2
stardict-Macmillan_English_Thesaurus-2.4.2
stardict-Oxford_English_Dictionary_2nd_Ed._P2-2.4.2

If I go to the relevant koreader menu it says Installed dictionaries (0) in greyed-out text.

I have also tried moving the various .dict.dz and .idx files straight into the /dict/ directory without their enclosing folders but this doesn't seem to work either.

Can somebody please advise me what I am doing wrong?

Many thanks

M

Frenzie · 11-13-2019, 05:50 AM

Normally it should be .adds/koreader/data/dict, unless that's merely a typo in the post.

You can also download some dictionaries through the program itself and follow their example.

Hopper333 · 11-13-2019, 06:45 AM

Thanks Frenzie, you're right that solved it.

11-13-2019, 05:40 AM	#1
Hopper333 Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2017 Device: Kobo H2O	Kobo H20 & koreader unable to see dictionaries Hi all I am using a Kobo H20 and the latest release of koreader. I haven't installed dictionaries for a while but I did today (they used to work fine). They are in stardict 2.4.2 format, the following unzipped folders have been moved into the correct place and the Kobo rebooted: mwh@NewAir:/Volumes/KOBOeReader/.adds/data/dict$ ls stardict-Collins_Thesaurus-2.4.2 stardict-Oxford_English_Dictionary_2nd_Ed._P1-2.4.2 stardict-Macmillan_English_Thesaurus-2.4.2 stardict-Oxford_English_Dictionary_2nd_Ed._P2-2.4.2 If I go to the relevant koreader menu it says Installed dictionaries (0) in greyed-out text. I have also tried moving the various .dict.dz and .idx files straight into the /dict/ directory without their enclosing folders but this doesn't seem to work either. Can somebody please advise me what I am doing wrong? Many thanks M

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11-13-2019, 05:50 AM	#2
Frenzie Wizard Posts: 1,751 Karma: 730681 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Antwerp Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Normally it should be .adds/koreader/data/dict, unless that's merely a typo in the post. You can also download some dictionaries through the program itself and follow their example.

11-13-2019, 06:45 AM	#3
Hopper333 Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2017 Device: Kobo H2O	Thanks Frenzie, you're right that solved it.

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