Hello,
I'm trying to install the GB language pack for Thunderbird. The file I've downloaded is spell-en-GB.xpi, which I install via Thunderbird's extensions menu.
After installing I restart Thunderbird, create a new email and start the spell checker. The new language does not appear in the languages drop-down. Grrr.
I've followed the same procedure on Windows and it worked like a charm. Under Gentoo it's not having it.
Incidentally, both machines are running Thunderbird 1.0.
As an experiment I tried running Thunderbird from the command line so I could see output. At the point that I clicked the 'Install' button the following two lines appeared:
*** getItemProperty failing for lack of an item. This means getResourceForItem failed to locate a resource for aItemID (item ID = file:///home/rbrown/Downloads/spell-en-GB.xpi, property = disabled)
*** getItemProperty failing for lack of an item. This means getResourceForItem failed to locate a resource for aItemID (item ID = file:///home/rbrown/Downloads/spell-en-GB.xpi, property = internalName)
This suggests that there's something wrong with the file, but it worked fine under Windows, so I'm thinking it must be a problem with my setup. My next step is to try recompiling Thunderbird, but my gut feeling it that it's a problem with something in my .thunderbird directory, which I've had since I originally installed an early version of Thunderbird. Trouble is I don't know what to fiddle with. I've tried moving away compreg.dat but that didn't help.
Any suggestions/solutions would be appreciated.
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