Hi Stephan, Thanks so much for your help! I had the hunspell package but not the hunspell-devel package. Problem is now resolved.
Kind Regards, Ben Lowe On 17 January 2014 15:59, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: > Am 17.01.2014 um 14:55 schrieb Ben Lowe <bml1...@soton.ac.uk>: > >> Dear Stephan, >> >> Thanks for your quick response. What option do I provide lyx with in >> order to compile with enchant/hunspell etc.? I cannot find this >> information in the README, INSTALL etc., > > Sorry for being unclear. > > You have to install the developer packages - aka rpms - for > the spell checker of your choice. Something like hunspell-devel-* > for hunspell (I don't know the package name for RedHat and I don't > know either if it exists). > > After doing so LyX detects it at configure time and will be build > with hunspell support. This should be mentioned in config.log. > > There is no configure option. > >> Until I do this, I cannot provide a path for Hunspell as the path >> section is greyed out, and I cannot select the Enchant engine. > > Hunspell is not Enchant. Hunspell path is for hunspell spell checker. > > I'd recommend using hunspell. I don't know if enchant is usable. > > Stephan > >> On 17 January 2014 13:11, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: >>> Am 17.01.2014 um 13:44 schrieb Ben Lowe <ben.lowe...@googlemail.com>: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm using redhat 6; I've tried downloading the latest source and >>>> following these steps: >>>> http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/CreatingLyXRPM#toc3 >>>> >>>> And also tried creating an RPM package, however the dictionary choice >>>> in preferences > language settings > spellchecker; all options are >>>> greyed out, and I cannot provide a hunspell path under preferences >>>>> paths as this is greyed out. I have relevant hunspell dictionary >>>> files in the ~/.lyx/dicts/ folder and they are named correctly. >>>> >>>> This a common issue with linux due to not compiling it with >>>> spellchecking support, and a fix is apparently to use 'Enchant' engine >>>> instead, however I have the Enchant package, and I still cannot select >>>> any spellchecker engines from the spellchecker menu. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can compile lyx on Redhat >>>> with spell checking support? >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> you have to provide the developer packages of the spell checker of your >>> choice at compile time (of LyX). In case it's enchant you have to configure >>> enchant, in case it's hunspell you may provide the path for the dictionary >>> files under preferences if they're not found automatically. >>> >>> Stephan >
