369294 - Impossible to add dictionaries in Thunderbird 2.0beta 2 on Linux

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 343901

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Anthony]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061208 Firefox/2.0.0.1
Build Identifier: 20070116

In the preferences of Thunderbird, there is nothing for the spellcheck (see attached pictures), if I click on download dictionaries, nothing happens, whereas an internet browser has been defined (it works for url in emails). Now if one go there http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/dictionaries.html to install some dictionaries, it does not work, thunderbird said it has been installed, but the preferences stay empty (of course after a restart of TB) (tested with the french and the en-gb dictonary. The dictionaries do not appear under "installed modules"

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install TB on Linux (Slackware)
2.Download a dictionary from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/dictionaries.html
3.Try to install it


Expected Results:  
An entry should appear in the preferences, allowing to check the spelling during the composition of messages.

Comment 1

[Anthony]

Attachment: The preferences stay empty

Comment 2

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

The dictionary needs updating to the 2.0 format. (Yes, it doesn't show any error when you try to install.)