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Spellchecker Installation
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- Unless stated otherwise, all spellchecker binaries work only with official Mozilla releases from mozilla.org.
- Unix Mozilla users: To install the spellchecker, you must be running Mozilla as a user who has write access to the directory where Mozilla is installed. This may require running Mozilla as root to perform the installation, and you should run Mozilla as root the first time after installing the spellchecker.
- If you are confused about which binary to use for your distribution of Mozilla, or have problems installing a particular binary, or if you wish to submit a binary for a version/platform that is not currently available, please email the mailing list.
- If you find a bug in the spellchecker that has not already been reported, please file a new bug.
- If you need dictionaries other than the default en-US, see the Dictionaries section of this page.
What version of Mozilla are you using?
Moz 1.5b | Moz 1.5a | Moz 1.4 | Moz 1.3.x | Moz 1.2.x | Moz 1.1.x | Moz 1.0.x | Nightlies | Other Mozilla versionsOther useful information:
DictionariesMirrors
Spellchecker for Mozilla Nightly Builds (1.5b)
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On 2003-07-28 the spellchecker code was checked into the Mozilla trunk and turned on by default. Therefore, Mozilla 1.5b nightlies have the spellchecker compiled into them already, and there's nothing else you need to do!
Spellchecker for Mozilla 1.5a
| Windows | install | download | (2003-07-18) |
| Linux x86 | install | download | (2003-06-23) For use with .tar.gz nightly releases from mozilla.org ONLY |
| Mac OS X | Not Yet | Not Yet | |
| Sparc-Solaris (Forte) | Not Yet | Not Yet | |
| Sparc-Solaris (GCC) | Not Yet | Not Yet |
Spellchecker for Mozilla 1.4
| Windows | install | download | (2003-04-23) |
| Linux x86 | install | download | (2003-06-25) For use with .tar.gz or the RPMS for Red Hat Linux 8.x with Xft and Gtk2 versions of Mozilla 1.4 available from mozilla.org (Should work with any Mozilla 1.4 compiled with GCC 3.2) |
| RedHat 7.x | install | download | (2003-07-30) For use with the "RPMS for Red Hat Linux 7.x" (aka mozilla-1.4-0.7.3.i386.rpm et al) version of Mozilla |
| Linux x86 EGCS | install | download | (2003-08-04) For use with EGCS .tar.gz versions (for "older linux distributions") of Mozilla 1.4 ONLY |
| Mac OS X | Not Yet | Not Yet | |
| Sparc-Solaris (Forte) | install | download | (2003-05-16) Compiled with Forte 7. Submitted by Thomas Jordan. |
| Sparc-Solaris (GCC) | install | download | (2003-05-16) Compiled with GCC. Submitted by Thomas Jordan. |
Spellchecker for Mozilla 1.3.x
NOTE: The Linux spellchecker XPI for Mozilla 1.3 will not work with Mozilla 1.3.1, and vice versa
| Windows | install | download | (2003-03-10) |
| Linux x86 (1.3) | install | download | (2003-02-11) For use with .tar.gz versions of Mozilla 1.3 ONLY. Will not work with RedHat or Ximian RPMs. Will not work with Mozilla 1.3.1 |
| Linux x86 (1.3.1) | install | download | (2003-02-11) For use with .tar.gz versions of Mozilla 1.3.1 ONLY. Will not work with RedHat or Ximian RPMs. Will not work with Mozilla 1.3 |
| RedHat 8.0 | install | download | (2003-03-17) For use with RedHat 8.0 RPMs available from mozilla.org. Should work with both the Xft and the gtk2 RPMs. |
| RedHat 7.x | install | download | (2003-02-18) For use with RedHat 7.x RPMs available from mozilla.org. |
| Ximian Desktop | install | download | (2003-06-24) For use with Mozilla 1.3.1 as installed by Ximian Desktop 2. Tested with mozilla-1.3.1-0.ximian.6.5.rpm on RedHat 9 |
| Mac OS X | install | download | (2003-02-03) experimental binary tested with 1.3b nightly Mach-O builds |
| Sparc-Solaris (Forte) | install | download | (2003-03-25) Compiled with Forte 7. Submitted by Thomas Jordan. |
| Sparc-Solaris (GCC) | install | download | (2003-03-25) Compiled with GCC. Submitted by Thomas Jordan. |
| FreeBSD 5.0 | install | download | (2003-04-28) Compiled with the FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE www/mozilla port version 1.3_1,2. Submitted by Jon Noack, obtained from here. |
| IRIX | install | download | (2003-02-18) For use with IRIX version of Mozilla 1.3b (fw_mozilla-1.3b) available from http://oss.sgi.com/projects/mozilla. Contributed by Nick Blievers. |
Spellchecker for Mozilla 1.2.x
Mozilla 1.2.x users: See Bug 2505
| Windows | install | download | (2002-12-12) |
| Linux x86 | install | download | (2002-12-15) For use ONLY with the tar.gz releases available from mozilla.org |
| RedHat 9 RPM | N/A | download | (2003-05-03) For use with the mozilla-1.2.1-26 RPM that comes default on RedHat 9. Contributed by Chan Min Wai. |
| RedHat 8.0 | install | download | (2002-12-15) Tested on the RedHat 8.0 RPMs available from mozilla.org (mozilla-1.2.1-0_rh8.i386.rpm), but should work for any Mozilla 1.2.x compiled with gcc-2.96 |
| Debian Linux | install | download | (2002-12-15) Tested with the mozilla_1.2.1-3 debian package. Built with gcc-2.95.4. Contributed by Brian Stults. |
| FreeBSD 5.0 | install | download | (2003-02-20) For use with the www/mozilla FreeBSD port. See this page for more info. Contributed by Jon Noack. |
| Sparc-Solaris (Forte) | install | download | (2002-12-18) Compiled with Forte 7. Submitted by Thomas Jordan. |
| Sparc Solaris (GNU) | install | download | (2002-12-10) Built with GNU (will not work with Sun's Forte-compiled Mozilla). Contributed by Mozilla for Users |
| IRIX | install | download | (2003-02-18) For use with IRIX version of Mozilla 1.2.1 (fw_mozilla-1.2.1) available from http://freeware.sgi.com. Contributed by Nick Blievers. |
| RedHat 8.0 RPM | N/A | Available from nogin.org | (2002-12-06) This RPM will only work with the Mozilla 1.2.1 RPMs available from the same site |
Spellchecker for Mozilla 1.1.x
| Windows | install | download | (2002-12-12) |
| Linux x86 | install | download | (2002-12-15) |
| Debian Linux x86 | install | download | (2002-11-??) Contributed by Mozilla for Users |
| Sparc Solaris (GNU) | install | download | (2002-11-??) Built with GNU (will not work with Sun's Forte-compiled Mozilla). Contributed by Mozilla for Users |
| Mac OS X | install | download | (2002-11-??) Will only work with the Mach version of Mozilla (a.k.a. FizzillaMach) if at all -- Please let us know if you have success. Contributed by Mozilla for Users |
Spellchecker for Mozilla 1.0.x
| Windows | install | download | (2002-12-12) |
| Linux x86 | install | download | (2002-12-15) |
| RedHat 7.x/8.x | install | download | (2002-12-12) Tested with RedHat 7.3 (mozilla-1.0.1-2.7.3.i386.rpm), and RedHat 8.0 (mozilla-1.0.1-26.i386.rpm), but should work for any Mozilla 1.0.x/1.1.x built with gcc 2.96. |
| Debian Linux x86 | install | download | (2002-11-??) Contributed by Mozilla for Users |
| Sparc Solaris (GNU) | install | download | (2002-11-??) Built with GNU (will not work with Sun's Forte-compiled Mozilla). Contributed by Mozilla for Users |
| Mac OS X | install | download | (2002-11-??) Will only work with the Mach version of Mozilla (a.k.a. FizzillaMach) if at all -- Please let us know if you have success! Contributed by Mozilla for Users |
Spellchecker for Older Versions of Mozilla
These binaries are old. We no longer maintain binaries for these versions of Mozilla.
| Mozilla 0.9.9 for Windows | install | download | (2002-03-02) This versions is slightly buggy |
| Mozilla 0.9.8 for Windows | install | download | (quite old) This versions is buggy |
Non-English Dictionaries
If you wish to use alternate dictionaries with the spellchecker, check out the Spellchecker Dictionary Installation page at MozillaCafe. Note that if you have already installed the spellchecker, you should make sure that the "Base Binary" box is unchecked.
Alternatively, OpenOffice.org also uses MySpell, and other dictionaries are available from here.
To install the OOo dictionaries, copy the *.dic and *.aff files from
the zip file to the bin/componentx/myspell directory of your mozilla
installation. You can also change the "_" in both filenames to
"-", for example rename es_ES.aff and es_ES.dic to es-ES.aff and
es-ES.aff. This causes the spellcheck dialog to report the language
and country and not just the filename.
Mirrors
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If you are having problems accessing these files, first check the official MozDev mirrors: