Oxford 8 on ubuntu 13.10

Question

I have the Oxford ed.8 setup folder on my hard disk in folder (Downloads) and here what I've got in the terminal when I try to install it (the install folder has setup for Linux with name: linux):

WARNING:root:python-html2text is not present. HTML pages will not be converted into text.
shams@shams-MS-7592:~$ cd Downloads/Oxford/linux/
shams@shams-MS-7592:~/Downloads/Oxford/linux$ ./setup.sh
The setup program seems to have failed on amd64/unknown

Fatal error, no tech support email configured in this setup

Answer 1

That's because probably you're trying to install a 32-bit on a 64-bit system. Try this-

linux32 ./setup.sh

Answer 2

Here are the steps:

1. Open a terminal (press Ctrl + Alt + T) and cd to the target directory containing the setup.sh:

   cd /to/target/directory
   

   e.g.

   cd /media/OALD8
   

2. And execute the setup.sh file with (or sudo ./setup.sh):

   ./setup.sh
   

   (running without sudo will create a local installation without root access.)

3. Go through the licence agreement, on the prompt, hit Y to agree, specify the installation path or hit RETURN key to use the default, and finally hit Y on the continue insatllation prompt.

4. A desktop desktop shortcut will be created on your desktop. To make it executable, run this command in terminal:

   chmod +x $HOME/Desktop/oald8.desktop
   

   To make it available in the Dash's application lens:

   sudo cp $HOME/Desktop/oald8.desktop /usr/share/applications/
   

Double click the desktop icon or search oald8 in Dash and click to launch the program:

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PS. Resolving dependencies:

The error message that you've posted demands installation of python-html2text and you can do this with the command:

sudo apt-get install python-html2text

(which is available under the universe section, so make sure you have allowed downloads from the repository. Here's a link showing how you can do that; remember to update the package list with apt-get after adding the repository.)

After installing python-html2text run the script again and it's not unexpected if you further encounter some more dependency problems, just get the packages installed and continue.

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Alternatives:

• "Artha", A handy off-line thesaurus based on WordNet:

  Section - Universe/utils

  Installation:

  sudo apt-get install artha
  

  

• "GoldenDict", offering feature-rich dictionary lookup program using WebKit for an accurate articles' representation, complete with all formatting, colors, images and links.

  Section - Universe/utils

  Installation:

  sudo apt-get install goldendict
  

  

• Gnome Dictionary:

  Section - Universe/gnome

  Installation:

  sudo apt-get install gnome-dictionary
  

  

• dict - a CLI client to dictd server (offline usage):

  Section - text

  Installation:

  sudo apt-get install dict
  sudo apt-get install dictd
  

  Installing English dictionary databeses (gcide, wn, devil):

  sudo apt-get install dict-gcide
  sudo apt-get install dict-wn
  sudo apt-get install dict-devil
  

  Installing English Thesaurus database (moby-thesaurus):

  sudo apt-get install dict-moby-thesaurus
  

  Usage:

  1. Using a particular database (eg. WordNet - wn):

     dict -d wn "dictionary"
     

  2. Not specifying a dict-database will output definitions/translations/thesaurus from all available databases. eg.

      dict "dictionary"