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    I use Texmaker as well. I sometimes tried the check spelling option. But for me it didn't work either.
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    Depending on the Version of Texmaker you’re using (the current is 4.0), you might have to restart after switching the dictionary. If that doesn’t help, could you specify what the expected behavior is versus the behavior you’re getting?
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    i did it but getting the same error
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  • @Noor Which error? (Don’t forget to @username other users when responding to their comments.)
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  • @Noor i have my dictionary at /usr/share/texmaker/en_US.dic its provided by TeXmaker and its working.
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In texmaker, though I have configured the dictionary, i cannot still check the spelling, any idea??



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    I use Texmaker as well. I sometimes tried the check spelling option. But for me it didn't work either.
    – Dave
    Mar 10 '13 at 16:29






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    Depending on the Version of Texmaker you’re using (the current is 4.0), you might have to restart after switching the dictionary. If that doesn’t help, could you specify what the expected behavior is versus the behavior you’re getting?
    – doncherry
    Mar 10 '13 at 18:47






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    i did it but getting the same error
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  • @Noor Which error? (Don’t forget to @username other users when responding to their comments.)
    – doncherry
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  • @Noor i have my dictionary at /usr/share/texmaker/en_US.dic its provided by TeXmaker and its working.
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    Mar 11 '13 at 3:19















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    I use Texmaker as well. I sometimes tried the check spelling option. But for me it didn't work either.
    – Dave
    Mar 10 '13 at 16:29






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    Depending on the Version of Texmaker you’re using (the current is 4.0), you might have to restart after switching the dictionary. If that doesn’t help, could you specify what the expected behavior is versus the behavior you’re getting?
    – doncherry
    Mar 10 '13 at 18:47






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    i did it but getting the same error
    – Noor
    Mar 10 '13 at 20:53










  • @Noor Which error? (Don’t forget to @username other users when responding to their comments.)
    – doncherry
    Mar 11 '13 at 3:15










  • @Noor i have my dictionary at /usr/share/texmaker/en_US.dic its provided by TeXmaker and its working.
    – texenthusiast
    Mar 11 '13 at 3:19
















  • 1




    I use Texmaker as well. I sometimes tried the check spelling option. But for me it didn't work either.
    – Dave
    Mar 10 '13 at 16:29






  • 2




    Depending on the Version of Texmaker you’re using (the current is 4.0), you might have to restart after switching the dictionary. If that doesn’t help, could you specify what the expected behavior is versus the behavior you’re getting?
    – doncherry
    Mar 10 '13 at 18:47






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    i did it but getting the same error
    – Noor
    Mar 10 '13 at 20:53










  • @Noor Which error? (Don’t forget to @username other users when responding to their comments.)
    – doncherry
    Mar 11 '13 at 3:15










  • @Noor i have my dictionary at /usr/share/texmaker/en_US.dic its provided by TeXmaker and its working.
    – texenthusiast
    Mar 11 '13 at 3:19










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I use Texmaker as well. I sometimes tried the check spelling option. But for me it didn't work either.
– Dave
Mar 10 '13 at 16:29




I use Texmaker as well. I sometimes tried the check spelling option. But for me it didn't work either.
– Dave
Mar 10 '13 at 16:29




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Depending on the Version of Texmaker you’re using (the current is 4.0), you might have to restart after switching the dictionary. If that doesn’t help, could you specify what the expected behavior is versus the behavior you’re getting?
– doncherry
Mar 10 '13 at 18:47




Depending on the Version of Texmaker you’re using (the current is 4.0), you might have to restart after switching the dictionary. If that doesn’t help, could you specify what the expected behavior is versus the behavior you’re getting?
– doncherry
Mar 10 '13 at 18:47




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i did it but getting the same error
– Noor
Mar 10 '13 at 20:53




i did it but getting the same error
– Noor
Mar 10 '13 at 20:53












@Noor Which error? (Don’t forget to @username other users when responding to their comments.)
– doncherry
Mar 11 '13 at 3:15




@Noor Which error? (Don’t forget to @username other users when responding to their comments.)
– doncherry
Mar 11 '13 at 3:15












@Noor i have my dictionary at /usr/share/texmaker/en_US.dic its provided by TeXmaker and its working.
– texenthusiast
Mar 11 '13 at 3:19






@Noor i have my dictionary at /usr/share/texmaker/en_US.dic its provided by TeXmaker and its working.
– texenthusiast
Mar 11 '13 at 3:19












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I had the same problem but the .dic files that I used didn't work.



Texmaker Error : Can’t open the dictionary


To solve this error you need to install the spell-checker




  • Use: sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-us
    or use sudo apt-get install myspell-*


  • Then find the dictionary: locate *.aff



There were two directories that contained dictionary files in my computer; /usr/share/hunspell/ and /usr/share/myspell/. Only one of the "myspell" dictionaries worked, while all the "hunspell" dictionaries worked (so far) .



Probably the .dic file from "myspell" doesn’t work without a corresponding .aff file...




  • Chose the .aff file that you want and enter its path into texmaker at options --> configure texmaker --> editor --> spelling dictionary then click ok.


  • Right click on your "code" and click on check spelling to make sure it's working.







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    This worked great for me. Thanks! It appears the default TexMaker folder for dictionaries is just wrong.
    – Dr_Zaszuś
    May 9 '17 at 14:48






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    This worked for me. I used sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-gb and then I redirected TexMaker to /usr/share/hunspell/
    – Fly by Night
    Sep 22 '17 at 16:29




















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/usr/share/hyphen are not the right directory for spelling dictionaries.
The spelling dictionaries are in the /usr/share/myspell directory and spell dictionaries are in fact always composed of 2 files: the .dic (which must be selected) and the .aff file.






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    Inside /usr/share/myspell/dicts you should have links to both the .dic AND the .aff file of the language (e.g. en_US or en_GB).



    /usr/share/myspell/dicts$ ls -og |  grep /en_US
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 24 Jan 30 11:21 en_US.aff -> ../../hunspell/en_US.aff
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 24 Nov 3 13:03 en_US.dic -> ../../hunspell/en_US.dic


    Then from configuration, make TexMaker "Spelling dictionary" point to the .dic file:



    /usr/share/myspell/dicts/en_US.dic



    This is the description/explanation from MySpell Wikipedia entry:




    The spell checking is done using the .aff file for the locale together
    with the .dic file. The .dic file is a list of words along with a
    group of letters which refer to the affixes found in the .aff file.
    This saves space because instead of having include all forms of a
    word, like jump (jumping, jumps, jumped), the .dic file will include
    the word once and the references to the affixes in the .aff file allow
    the construction of all the other forms.




    If you don't have an .aff file, you can get one the en_US .dic/.aff for Hunspell from wordlist.sourceforge.net.






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      I had the same problem and in my case I had to give a new path /usr/share/hunspell/en_US.dic to the dictionary since /usr/share/hyphen/hyph_en_GB.dic was non existent (on my ubuntu 14.04).






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      • This worked for me! Thank you
        – Juan David
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      • Worked for me on Ubuntu 14.04. Thanks!! :)
        – dksahuji
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      • Didn't work for Ubuntu 10.04
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      I am using Texmaker 4.1 on Ubuntu 14.04, and faced a similar problem; turns out that myspell-en-gb was not installed. Simple fix: sudo apt-get install myspell-en-gb and make sure the dictionary path is correctly set as /usr/share/myspell/dicts/en_GB.dic in Texmaker's configuration window.






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        To configure the spell checker: "Configure Texmaker" -> "Editor" -> "Spelling dictionary" -> click on the button at the end of the line to select the dictionary with the file browser. From the list pick the required dictionary; for my case US-dic.






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          I had a similar problem, solved it by using a different .dic file.



          You can get it from here.



          Home -> speller -> [yyyy.mm.dd] -> hunspell(...).zip


          source






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            With Ubuntu 16.04, the spell check was not working for me. The config referred to a non-existent file.



            Using locate *.aff I found en_US.aff in /usr/share/hunspell, fixed the config to this file and spell check is now working.



            I am using TeXLive installed using this. See also here.






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              I solved the problem just writing in the terminal $locate *.aff
              and then change my directory in texmaker for the new one.






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                I had the same issue and I fixed it using the following approach:



                Download an up-to-date spelling dictionary and make sure it includes the ".aff" file. You can get one from wordlist.sourceforge.net. Unzip, put it wherever you want, and then go to preferences->editor in texmaker and point to where you have your ".dic" file.






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                  In my case, in /usr/share/hunspell/ I have several files which are only symbolic links and some of then which are the actual files. The only one that work are the ones which are not symbolic links.






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                    I got this issue in Texmaker in my Ubuntu 16.04



                    There's just following simple steps to get rid of this.



                    1) Click options in the menu bar of your Texmaker window, and select Configure Texmaker



                    2) Click Editor in the leftmost column



                    3) Check whether the spelling dictionary bar ends with en_GB.dic or anything else other than en_US.dic (maybe Texmaker doesn't have in-built en_GB.dic installed - at least this was the case with me)



                    5) Install the .dic and .aff using sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-gb



                    6) The .dic file will normally be installed at /usr/share/hunspell/en_GB.dic. Or else you could just locate it.



                    7) Give /usr/share/hunspell/en_GB.dic to the spelling directory in the configure Texmaker and you're good to go.






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                      I had the same problem but the .dic files that I used didn't work.



                      Texmaker Error : Can’t open the dictionary


                      To solve this error you need to install the spell-checker




                      • Use: sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-us
                        or use sudo apt-get install myspell-*


                      • Then find the dictionary: locate *.aff



                      There were two directories that contained dictionary files in my computer; /usr/share/hunspell/ and /usr/share/myspell/. Only one of the "myspell" dictionaries worked, while all the "hunspell" dictionaries worked (so far) .



                      Probably the .dic file from "myspell" doesn’t work without a corresponding .aff file...




                      • Chose the .aff file that you want and enter its path into texmaker at options --> configure texmaker --> editor --> spelling dictionary then click ok.


                      • Right click on your "code" and click on check spelling to make sure it's working.







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                        This worked great for me. Thanks! It appears the default TexMaker folder for dictionaries is just wrong.
                        – Dr_Zaszuś
                        May 9 '17 at 14:48






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                        This worked for me. I used sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-gb and then I redirected TexMaker to /usr/share/hunspell/
                        – Fly by Night
                        Sep 22 '17 at 16:29

















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                      I had the same problem but the .dic files that I used didn't work.



                      Texmaker Error : Can’t open the dictionary


                      To solve this error you need to install the spell-checker




                      • Use: sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-us
                        or use sudo apt-get install myspell-*


                      • Then find the dictionary: locate *.aff



                      There were two directories that contained dictionary files in my computer; /usr/share/hunspell/ and /usr/share/myspell/. Only one of the "myspell" dictionaries worked, while all the "hunspell" dictionaries worked (so far) .



                      Probably the .dic file from "myspell" doesn’t work without a corresponding .aff file...




                      • Chose the .aff file that you want and enter its path into texmaker at options --> configure texmaker --> editor --> spelling dictionary then click ok.


                      • Right click on your "code" and click on check spelling to make sure it's working.







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                        This worked great for me. Thanks! It appears the default TexMaker folder for dictionaries is just wrong.
                        – Dr_Zaszuś
                        May 9 '17 at 14:48






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                        This worked for me. I used sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-gb and then I redirected TexMaker to /usr/share/hunspell/
                        – Fly by Night
                        Sep 22 '17 at 16:29















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                      I had the same problem but the .dic files that I used didn't work.



                      Texmaker Error : Can’t open the dictionary


                      To solve this error you need to install the spell-checker




                      • Use: sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-us
                        or use sudo apt-get install myspell-*


                      • Then find the dictionary: locate *.aff



                      There were two directories that contained dictionary files in my computer; /usr/share/hunspell/ and /usr/share/myspell/. Only one of the "myspell" dictionaries worked, while all the "hunspell" dictionaries worked (so far) .



                      Probably the .dic file from "myspell" doesn’t work without a corresponding .aff file...




                      • Chose the .aff file that you want and enter its path into texmaker at options --> configure texmaker --> editor --> spelling dictionary then click ok.


                      • Right click on your "code" and click on check spelling to make sure it's working.







                      share|improve this answer














                      I had the same problem but the .dic files that I used didn't work.



                      Texmaker Error : Can’t open the dictionary


                      To solve this error you need to install the spell-checker




                      • Use: sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-us
                        or use sudo apt-get install myspell-*


                      • Then find the dictionary: locate *.aff



                      There were two directories that contained dictionary files in my computer; /usr/share/hunspell/ and /usr/share/myspell/. Only one of the "myspell" dictionaries worked, while all the "hunspell" dictionaries worked (so far) .



                      Probably the .dic file from "myspell" doesn’t work without a corresponding .aff file...




                      • Chose the .aff file that you want and enter its path into texmaker at options --> configure texmaker --> editor --> spelling dictionary then click ok.


                      • Right click on your "code" and click on check spelling to make sure it's working.








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                        This worked great for me. Thanks! It appears the default TexMaker folder for dictionaries is just wrong.
                        – Dr_Zaszuś
                        May 9 '17 at 14:48






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                        This worked for me. I used sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-gb and then I redirected TexMaker to /usr/share/hunspell/
                        – Fly by Night
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                        This worked great for me. Thanks! It appears the default TexMaker folder for dictionaries is just wrong.
                        – Dr_Zaszuś
                        May 9 '17 at 14:48






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                        This worked for me. I used sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-gb and then I redirected TexMaker to /usr/share/hunspell/
                        – Fly by Night
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                      This worked great for me. Thanks! It appears the default TexMaker folder for dictionaries is just wrong.
                      – Dr_Zaszuś
                      May 9 '17 at 14:48




                      This worked great for me. Thanks! It appears the default TexMaker folder for dictionaries is just wrong.
                      – Dr_Zaszuś
                      May 9 '17 at 14:48




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                      This worked for me. I used sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-gb and then I redirected TexMaker to /usr/share/hunspell/
                      – Fly by Night
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                      This worked for me. I used sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-gb and then I redirected TexMaker to /usr/share/hunspell/
                      – Fly by Night
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                      /usr/share/hyphen are not the right directory for spelling dictionaries.
                      The spelling dictionaries are in the /usr/share/myspell directory and spell dictionaries are in fact always composed of 2 files: the .dic (which must be selected) and the .aff file.






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                        /usr/share/hyphen are not the right directory for spelling dictionaries.
                        The spelling dictionaries are in the /usr/share/myspell directory and spell dictionaries are in fact always composed of 2 files: the .dic (which must be selected) and the .aff file.






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                          /usr/share/hyphen are not the right directory for spelling dictionaries.
                          The spelling dictionaries are in the /usr/share/myspell directory and spell dictionaries are in fact always composed of 2 files: the .dic (which must be selected) and the .aff file.






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                          /usr/share/hyphen are not the right directory for spelling dictionaries.
                          The spelling dictionaries are in the /usr/share/myspell directory and spell dictionaries are in fact always composed of 2 files: the .dic (which must be selected) and the .aff file.







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                              Inside /usr/share/myspell/dicts you should have links to both the .dic AND the .aff file of the language (e.g. en_US or en_GB).



                              /usr/share/myspell/dicts$ ls -og |  grep /en_US
                              lrwxrwxrwx 1 24 Jan 30 11:21 en_US.aff -> ../../hunspell/en_US.aff
                              lrwxrwxrwx 1 24 Nov 3 13:03 en_US.dic -> ../../hunspell/en_US.dic


                              Then from configuration, make TexMaker "Spelling dictionary" point to the .dic file:



                              /usr/share/myspell/dicts/en_US.dic



                              This is the description/explanation from MySpell Wikipedia entry:




                              The spell checking is done using the .aff file for the locale together
                              with the .dic file. The .dic file is a list of words along with a
                              group of letters which refer to the affixes found in the .aff file.
                              This saves space because instead of having include all forms of a
                              word, like jump (jumping, jumps, jumped), the .dic file will include
                              the word once and the references to the affixes in the .aff file allow
                              the construction of all the other forms.




                              If you don't have an .aff file, you can get one the en_US .dic/.aff for Hunspell from wordlist.sourceforge.net.






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                                Inside /usr/share/myspell/dicts you should have links to both the .dic AND the .aff file of the language (e.g. en_US or en_GB).



                                /usr/share/myspell/dicts$ ls -og |  grep /en_US
                                lrwxrwxrwx 1 24 Jan 30 11:21 en_US.aff -> ../../hunspell/en_US.aff
                                lrwxrwxrwx 1 24 Nov 3 13:03 en_US.dic -> ../../hunspell/en_US.dic


                                Then from configuration, make TexMaker "Spelling dictionary" point to the .dic file:



                                /usr/share/myspell/dicts/en_US.dic



                                This is the description/explanation from MySpell Wikipedia entry:




                                The spell checking is done using the .aff file for the locale together
                                with the .dic file. The .dic file is a list of words along with a
                                group of letters which refer to the affixes found in the .aff file.
                                This saves space because instead of having include all forms of a
                                word, like jump (jumping, jumps, jumped), the .dic file will include
                                the word once and the references to the affixes in the .aff file allow
                                the construction of all the other forms.




                                If you don't have an .aff file, you can get one the en_US .dic/.aff for Hunspell from wordlist.sourceforge.net.






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                                  up vote
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                                  up vote
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                                  Inside /usr/share/myspell/dicts you should have links to both the .dic AND the .aff file of the language (e.g. en_US or en_GB).



                                  /usr/share/myspell/dicts$ ls -og |  grep /en_US
                                  lrwxrwxrwx 1 24 Jan 30 11:21 en_US.aff -> ../../hunspell/en_US.aff
                                  lrwxrwxrwx 1 24 Nov 3 13:03 en_US.dic -> ../../hunspell/en_US.dic


                                  Then from configuration, make TexMaker "Spelling dictionary" point to the .dic file:



                                  /usr/share/myspell/dicts/en_US.dic



                                  This is the description/explanation from MySpell Wikipedia entry:




                                  The spell checking is done using the .aff file for the locale together
                                  with the .dic file. The .dic file is a list of words along with a
                                  group of letters which refer to the affixes found in the .aff file.
                                  This saves space because instead of having include all forms of a
                                  word, like jump (jumping, jumps, jumped), the .dic file will include
                                  the word once and the references to the affixes in the .aff file allow
                                  the construction of all the other forms.




                                  If you don't have an .aff file, you can get one the en_US .dic/.aff for Hunspell from wordlist.sourceforge.net.






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                                  Inside /usr/share/myspell/dicts you should have links to both the .dic AND the .aff file of the language (e.g. en_US or en_GB).



                                  /usr/share/myspell/dicts$ ls -og |  grep /en_US
                                  lrwxrwxrwx 1 24 Jan 30 11:21 en_US.aff -> ../../hunspell/en_US.aff
                                  lrwxrwxrwx 1 24 Nov 3 13:03 en_US.dic -> ../../hunspell/en_US.dic


                                  Then from configuration, make TexMaker "Spelling dictionary" point to the .dic file:



                                  /usr/share/myspell/dicts/en_US.dic



                                  This is the description/explanation from MySpell Wikipedia entry:




                                  The spell checking is done using the .aff file for the locale together
                                  with the .dic file. The .dic file is a list of words along with a
                                  group of letters which refer to the affixes found in the .aff file.
                                  This saves space because instead of having include all forms of a
                                  word, like jump (jumping, jumps, jumped), the .dic file will include
                                  the word once and the references to the affixes in the .aff file allow
                                  the construction of all the other forms.




                                  If you don't have an .aff file, you can get one the en_US .dic/.aff for Hunspell from wordlist.sourceforge.net.







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                                      I had the same problem and in my case I had to give a new path /usr/share/hunspell/en_US.dic to the dictionary since /usr/share/hyphen/hyph_en_GB.dic was non existent (on my ubuntu 14.04).






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                                      • This worked for me! Thank you
                                        – Juan David
                                        Jun 9 '15 at 14:40










                                      • Worked for me on Ubuntu 14.04. Thanks!! :)
                                        – dksahuji
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                                      • Didn't work for Ubuntu 10.04
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                                      I had the same problem and in my case I had to give a new path /usr/share/hunspell/en_US.dic to the dictionary since /usr/share/hyphen/hyph_en_GB.dic was non existent (on my ubuntu 14.04).






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                                      • This worked for me! Thank you
                                        – Juan David
                                        Jun 9 '15 at 14:40










                                      • Worked for me on Ubuntu 14.04. Thanks!! :)
                                        – dksahuji
                                        Dec 23 '15 at 11:31










                                      • Didn't work for Ubuntu 10.04
                                        – Pankaj Joshi
                                        Aug 8 at 20:54













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                                      I had the same problem and in my case I had to give a new path /usr/share/hunspell/en_US.dic to the dictionary since /usr/share/hyphen/hyph_en_GB.dic was non existent (on my ubuntu 14.04).






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                                      I had the same problem and in my case I had to give a new path /usr/share/hunspell/en_US.dic to the dictionary since /usr/share/hyphen/hyph_en_GB.dic was non existent (on my ubuntu 14.04).







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                                      • This worked for me! Thank you
                                        – Juan David
                                        Jun 9 '15 at 14:40










                                      • Worked for me on Ubuntu 14.04. Thanks!! :)
                                        – dksahuji
                                        Dec 23 '15 at 11:31










                                      • Didn't work for Ubuntu 10.04
                                        – Pankaj Joshi
                                        Aug 8 at 20:54


















                                      • This worked for me! Thank you
                                        – Juan David
                                        Jun 9 '15 at 14:40










                                      • Worked for me on Ubuntu 14.04. Thanks!! :)
                                        – dksahuji
                                        Dec 23 '15 at 11:31










                                      • Didn't work for Ubuntu 10.04
                                        – Pankaj Joshi
                                        Aug 8 at 20:54
















                                      This worked for me! Thank you
                                      – Juan David
                                      Jun 9 '15 at 14:40




                                      This worked for me! Thank you
                                      – Juan David
                                      Jun 9 '15 at 14:40












                                      Worked for me on Ubuntu 14.04. Thanks!! :)
                                      – dksahuji
                                      Dec 23 '15 at 11:31




                                      Worked for me on Ubuntu 14.04. Thanks!! :)
                                      – dksahuji
                                      Dec 23 '15 at 11:31












                                      Didn't work for Ubuntu 10.04
                                      – Pankaj Joshi
                                      Aug 8 at 20:54




                                      Didn't work for Ubuntu 10.04
                                      – Pankaj Joshi
                                      Aug 8 at 20:54










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                                      I am using Texmaker 4.1 on Ubuntu 14.04, and faced a similar problem; turns out that myspell-en-gb was not installed. Simple fix: sudo apt-get install myspell-en-gb and make sure the dictionary path is correctly set as /usr/share/myspell/dicts/en_GB.dic in Texmaker's configuration window.






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                                        I am using Texmaker 4.1 on Ubuntu 14.04, and faced a similar problem; turns out that myspell-en-gb was not installed. Simple fix: sudo apt-get install myspell-en-gb and make sure the dictionary path is correctly set as /usr/share/myspell/dicts/en_GB.dic in Texmaker's configuration window.






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                                          I am using Texmaker 4.1 on Ubuntu 14.04, and faced a similar problem; turns out that myspell-en-gb was not installed. Simple fix: sudo apt-get install myspell-en-gb and make sure the dictionary path is correctly set as /usr/share/myspell/dicts/en_GB.dic in Texmaker's configuration window.






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                                          I am using Texmaker 4.1 on Ubuntu 14.04, and faced a similar problem; turns out that myspell-en-gb was not installed. Simple fix: sudo apt-get install myspell-en-gb and make sure the dictionary path is correctly set as /usr/share/myspell/dicts/en_GB.dic in Texmaker's configuration window.







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                                              To configure the spell checker: "Configure Texmaker" -> "Editor" -> "Spelling dictionary" -> click on the button at the end of the line to select the dictionary with the file browser. From the list pick the required dictionary; for my case US-dic.






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                                                To configure the spell checker: "Configure Texmaker" -> "Editor" -> "Spelling dictionary" -> click on the button at the end of the line to select the dictionary with the file browser. From the list pick the required dictionary; for my case US-dic.






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                                                  To configure the spell checker: "Configure Texmaker" -> "Editor" -> "Spelling dictionary" -> click on the button at the end of the line to select the dictionary with the file browser. From the list pick the required dictionary; for my case US-dic.






                                                  share|improve this answer














                                                  To configure the spell checker: "Configure Texmaker" -> "Editor" -> "Spelling dictionary" -> click on the button at the end of the line to select the dictionary with the file browser. From the list pick the required dictionary; for my case US-dic.







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                                                      I had a similar problem, solved it by using a different .dic file.



                                                      You can get it from here.



                                                      Home -> speller -> [yyyy.mm.dd] -> hunspell(...).zip


                                                      source






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                                                        I had a similar problem, solved it by using a different .dic file.



                                                        You can get it from here.



                                                        Home -> speller -> [yyyy.mm.dd] -> hunspell(...).zip


                                                        source






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                                                          up vote
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                                                          I had a similar problem, solved it by using a different .dic file.



                                                          You can get it from here.



                                                          Home -> speller -> [yyyy.mm.dd] -> hunspell(...).zip


                                                          source






                                                          share|improve this answer












                                                          I had a similar problem, solved it by using a different .dic file.



                                                          You can get it from here.



                                                          Home -> speller -> [yyyy.mm.dd] -> hunspell(...).zip


                                                          source







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                                                              With Ubuntu 16.04, the spell check was not working for me. The config referred to a non-existent file.



                                                              Using locate *.aff I found en_US.aff in /usr/share/hunspell, fixed the config to this file and spell check is now working.



                                                              I am using TeXLive installed using this. See also here.






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                                                                With Ubuntu 16.04, the spell check was not working for me. The config referred to a non-existent file.



                                                                Using locate *.aff I found en_US.aff in /usr/share/hunspell, fixed the config to this file and spell check is now working.



                                                                I am using TeXLive installed using this. See also here.






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                                                                  up vote
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                                                                  With Ubuntu 16.04, the spell check was not working for me. The config referred to a non-existent file.



                                                                  Using locate *.aff I found en_US.aff in /usr/share/hunspell, fixed the config to this file and spell check is now working.



                                                                  I am using TeXLive installed using this. See also here.






                                                                  share|improve this answer














                                                                  With Ubuntu 16.04, the spell check was not working for me. The config referred to a non-existent file.



                                                                  Using locate *.aff I found en_US.aff in /usr/share/hunspell, fixed the config to this file and spell check is now working.



                                                                  I am using TeXLive installed using this. See also here.







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                                                                      I solved the problem just writing in the terminal $locate *.aff
                                                                      and then change my directory in texmaker for the new one.






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                                                                        I solved the problem just writing in the terminal $locate *.aff
                                                                        and then change my directory in texmaker for the new one.






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                                                                          I solved the problem just writing in the terminal $locate *.aff
                                                                          and then change my directory in texmaker for the new one.






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                                                                          I solved the problem just writing in the terminal $locate *.aff
                                                                          and then change my directory in texmaker for the new one.







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                                                                          Werner

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                                                                          Marcos Infante Jacobo

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                                                                              I had the same issue and I fixed it using the following approach:



                                                                              Download an up-to-date spelling dictionary and make sure it includes the ".aff" file. You can get one from wordlist.sourceforge.net. Unzip, put it wherever you want, and then go to preferences->editor in texmaker and point to where you have your ".dic" file.






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                                                                                I had the same issue and I fixed it using the following approach:



                                                                                Download an up-to-date spelling dictionary and make sure it includes the ".aff" file. You can get one from wordlist.sourceforge.net. Unzip, put it wherever you want, and then go to preferences->editor in texmaker and point to where you have your ".dic" file.






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                                                                                  up vote
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                                                                                  I had the same issue and I fixed it using the following approach:



                                                                                  Download an up-to-date spelling dictionary and make sure it includes the ".aff" file. You can get one from wordlist.sourceforge.net. Unzip, put it wherever you want, and then go to preferences->editor in texmaker and point to where you have your ".dic" file.






                                                                                  share|improve this answer














                                                                                  I had the same issue and I fixed it using the following approach:



                                                                                  Download an up-to-date spelling dictionary and make sure it includes the ".aff" file. You can get one from wordlist.sourceforge.net. Unzip, put it wherever you want, and then go to preferences->editor in texmaker and point to where you have your ".dic" file.







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                                                                                      (this should be a comment but i dont have reputation enough)



                                                                                      In my case, in /usr/share/hunspell/ I have several files which are only symbolic links and some of then which are the actual files. The only one that work are the ones which are not symbolic links.






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                                                                                        (this should be a comment but i dont have reputation enough)



                                                                                        In my case, in /usr/share/hunspell/ I have several files which are only symbolic links and some of then which are the actual files. The only one that work are the ones which are not symbolic links.






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                                                                                          (this should be a comment but i dont have reputation enough)



                                                                                          In my case, in /usr/share/hunspell/ I have several files which are only symbolic links and some of then which are the actual files. The only one that work are the ones which are not symbolic links.






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                                                                                          (this should be a comment but i dont have reputation enough)



                                                                                          In my case, in /usr/share/hunspell/ I have several files which are only symbolic links and some of then which are the actual files. The only one that work are the ones which are not symbolic links.







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                                                                                              I got this issue in Texmaker in my Ubuntu 16.04



                                                                                              There's just following simple steps to get rid of this.



                                                                                              1) Click options in the menu bar of your Texmaker window, and select Configure Texmaker



                                                                                              2) Click Editor in the leftmost column



                                                                                              3) Check whether the spelling dictionary bar ends with en_GB.dic or anything else other than en_US.dic (maybe Texmaker doesn't have in-built en_GB.dic installed - at least this was the case with me)



                                                                                              5) Install the .dic and .aff using sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-gb



                                                                                              6) The .dic file will normally be installed at /usr/share/hunspell/en_GB.dic. Or else you could just locate it.



                                                                                              7) Give /usr/share/hunspell/en_GB.dic to the spelling directory in the configure Texmaker and you're good to go.






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                                                                                                I got this issue in Texmaker in my Ubuntu 16.04



                                                                                                There's just following simple steps to get rid of this.



                                                                                                1) Click options in the menu bar of your Texmaker window, and select Configure Texmaker



                                                                                                2) Click Editor in the leftmost column



                                                                                                3) Check whether the spelling dictionary bar ends with en_GB.dic or anything else other than en_US.dic (maybe Texmaker doesn't have in-built en_GB.dic installed - at least this was the case with me)



                                                                                                5) Install the .dic and .aff using sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-gb



                                                                                                6) The .dic file will normally be installed at /usr/share/hunspell/en_GB.dic. Or else you could just locate it.



                                                                                                7) Give /usr/share/hunspell/en_GB.dic to the spelling directory in the configure Texmaker and you're good to go.






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                                                                                                  I got this issue in Texmaker in my Ubuntu 16.04



                                                                                                  There's just following simple steps to get rid of this.



                                                                                                  1) Click options in the menu bar of your Texmaker window, and select Configure Texmaker



                                                                                                  2) Click Editor in the leftmost column



                                                                                                  3) Check whether the spelling dictionary bar ends with en_GB.dic or anything else other than en_US.dic (maybe Texmaker doesn't have in-built en_GB.dic installed - at least this was the case with me)



                                                                                                  5) Install the .dic and .aff using sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-gb



                                                                                                  6) The .dic file will normally be installed at /usr/share/hunspell/en_GB.dic. Or else you could just locate it.



                                                                                                  7) Give /usr/share/hunspell/en_GB.dic to the spelling directory in the configure Texmaker and you're good to go.






                                                                                                  share|improve this answer












                                                                                                  I got this issue in Texmaker in my Ubuntu 16.04



                                                                                                  There's just following simple steps to get rid of this.



                                                                                                  1) Click options in the menu bar of your Texmaker window, and select Configure Texmaker



                                                                                                  2) Click Editor in the leftmost column



                                                                                                  3) Check whether the spelling dictionary bar ends with en_GB.dic or anything else other than en_US.dic (maybe Texmaker doesn't have in-built en_GB.dic installed - at least this was the case with me)



                                                                                                  5) Install the .dic and .aff using sudo apt-get install myspell-de-de myspell-en-gb



                                                                                                  6) The .dic file will normally be installed at /usr/share/hunspell/en_GB.dic. Or else you could just locate it.



                                                                                                  7) Give /usr/share/hunspell/en_GB.dic to the spelling directory in the configure Texmaker and you're good to go.







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