The LDOCE5 Viewer is an alternative dictionary viewer for the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5th Edition (LDOCE 5).

It runs on Linux and Microsoft Windows.

Website: http://hakidame.net/ldoce5viewer/

This software is free and open source software licensed under the terms of GPLv3.

• Python 2.7 or 2.6 (not 3.x)

• PyQt

  • python-qt4 (Ubuntu/Mint/Debian)
  • python2-pyqt (Arch Linux)

• lxml

  • python-lxml (Ubuntu/Mint/Debian)
  • python2-lxml (Arch Linux)

• [On Linux] Python bindings for Gstreamer

  • python-gst (Ubuntu/Mint/Debian)
  • gstreamer0.10-python (Arch Linux)

• [On Linux] Gstreamer plugins for MP3 audio playback

  • gst-plugins-good and gst-plugins-ugly (Ubuntu/Mint/Debian)
  • gstreamer-plugins-good and gstreamer-plugins-ugly (Arch Linux)

###Linux

1. Enter the following commands in the terminal:

$ sudo python2.7 ./setup.py install --optimize
$ sudo cp ./ldoce5viewer.desktop /usr/share/applications/
$ sudo cp ./ldoce5viewer/qtgui/resources/ldoce5viewer.svg /usr/share/pixmaps/
$ [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ] && sudo update-desktop-database -q

2. Copy the 'ldoce5.data' directory from the LDOCE5 DVD-ROM to an arbitrary location in your HDD or SSD.

3. Start the LDOCE5 Viewer.

4. The application will ask you the location where you put 'ldoce5.data'.