Re: [Aspell-user] English Dictionary Install Problem

[Kevin Atkinson]

On Sun, 29 Jan 2017, Zhu, Harry wrote:

> Hi Kevin,
>
> > On Jan 29, 2017, at 10:14 AM, Kevin Atkinson <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 01/29/2017 09:42 AM, Zhu, Harry wrote:
> >
> > > My OS: Mac Sierra
> > > Install file: aspell6-en-2017.01.22-0.tar.bz2
> > > Problem: ./config trying to locate files in /usr/bin and /usr/lib, but my files 
> > > are in /usr/local/bin (and lib)
> > >
> > >
> > > The 2007-01-22 English dictionary tar file’s ./configure command outputs this:
> > >
> > > Finding Dictionary file location ... /usr/lib/aspell-0.60
> > > Finding Data file location ... /usr/lib/aspell-0.60
> > >
> > > When I run make, I get the following error:
> > > /usr/local/bin/prezip-bin -d < en-common.cwl | /usr/local/bin/aspell  --lang=en 
> > > create master ./en-common.rws
> > > Error: The file "/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-1.cset" can not be opened for 
> > > reading.
> > > make: *** [en-common.rws] Error 1
> >
> >
> > It looks like Aspell is somehow misconfiguration.  What is the output of 
> > "/usr/local/bin/aspell dump config"?
> >
> >
> > Kevin

> [Not sure I am using the mailing list correctly, i.e., if a thread will be 
> created and archived when I hit reply in my email client…If not, please 
> kindly let me know and I will repost the dump so it gets archived and shared 
> with the community. ]

You are using it just fine, just be sure address@hidden is always in the 
CC field.

> The dump is shown below. I see that my /usr/local is directory is not in the 
> dump. Help of correcting the problem is greatly appreciated.

It looks like Aspell was compiled with a prefix of "/usr" and then moved into 
"/usr/local".  If you compiled it yourself then the best bet it to recompile 
it.

If recompiling is not an option then you will need to somehow set the "prefix" 
option to "/usr/local".  The best way to test this is to set the ASPELL_CONF 
environmental variable to "prefix /usr/local".  On GNU Linux/bash I will do 
that with
  export ASPELL_CONFIG="prefix /usr/local"
and would possible add the line to the ~/.bashrc file. For the Mac Sierra I am 
not sure of the correct procedure to set an environmental variable.

Kevin