Closed Bug 295393 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

Installing additional Dictionaries requires Root access

Categories

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

x86
Linux
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 267390

People

(Reporter: gordon.burgessparker, Assigned: mscott)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050513 Fedora/1.0.4-1.3.1 Firefox/1.0.4 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050513 Fedora/1.0.4-1.3.1 Firefox/1.0.4 Fedora Core 3 installs additional dictionaries in /usr/libs/ which cannot be written to unless logged on as root. Therefore a User cannot install an additional dictionary. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Downloaded uk dictionary 2.Installed through Extension Window 3.Install said "succesful" 4.restarted Thunderbird Actual Results: No uk dictionary available in spell check options Expected Results: uk dictionary should have appeared in spell check options
I thought that they were installed together with the program, not in /usr/libs. See bug 267390.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 267390 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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