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#LDOCE5 Viewer

The LDOCE5 Viewer is an alternative dictionary viewer for the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5th Edition (LDOCE 5).

Website: http://hakidame.net/ldoce5viewer/

It runs on Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

This software is free and open source software licensed under the terms of GPLv3.

##Prerequisites

  • Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5th Edition (DVD-ROM)

  • Python 2.7 or 2.6 (or 3.x)

  • Development tools for PyQt4

    • pyqt4-dev-tools (Ubuntu/Mint/Debian), pyqt4-dev-tools (Arch Linux)

  • lxml

    • python-lxml (Ubuntu/Mint/Debian), python-lxml (Arch Linux)

If you're using Ubuntu 15.x, you should install pip to install python whoosh 2.5.7: - python-pip - pip install whoosh==2.5.7

  • Whoosh 2.x

    • python-whoosh (Ubuntu/Mint/Debian), python-whoosh in AUR (Arch Linux)

  • [On Linux] Python bindings for Gstreamer

    • python-gst0.10 (Ubuntu/Mint/Debian), gstreamer0.10-python (Arch Linux)

  • [On Linux] Gstreamer plugins for MP3 audio playback

    • gstreamer0.10-plugins-good & gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly (Ubuntu/Mint/Debian), gstreamer0.10-good-plugins & gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins (Arch Linux)

If you're using Ubuntu 15.x, you should install python-qt4-phonon to pronunce words and sentences correctly: - python-qt4-phonon

##Installation

###Linux

####Packages

For Arch Linux, two packages ldoce5viewer and ldoce5viewer-git exist on AUR.

####Manually

  1. Enter the following commands in the terminal:

    $ make build
$ sudo make install

  2. Copy the 'ldoce5.data' directory from the LDOCE5 DVD-ROM to an arbitrary location in your HDD or SSD.

  3. Start the LDOCE5 Viewer.

  4. The application will ask you the location where you put 'ldoce5.data'.

###Mac OS X

(for advanced users)

Homebrew:

$ brew install pyqt
$ pip install lxml pyobjc-core pyobjc-framework-Cocoa whoosh py2app
$ # inside ldoce5viewer directory
$ sudo DISTUTILS_DEBUG=1 python setup.py py2app
$ open dist/LDOCE5\ Viewer.app/

Or if you are using MacPorts:

  1. Install the following ports:

    • python27 (or python3x)
    • py27-pyqt4
    • py27-lxml
    • py27-whoosh
    • py27-pyobjc-cocoa

  2. Run the LDOCE5 Viewer