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

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 30 '17 at 10:25

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

linux32 ./setup.sh

answered Jun 30 '17 at 10:25

Arafat Hasan

261

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

Here are the steps:

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
```
And execute the setup.sh file with (or sudo ./setup.sh):
```
./setup.sh
```
(running without sudo will create a local installation without root access.)
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.
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: snap1

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.

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"
```

Oxford 8 on ubuntu 13.10

2 Answers2

PS. Resolving dependencies:

Alternatives: