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

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

It runs on Linux and Microsoft Windows.

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

• Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5th Edition (DVD-ROM)

• Python 2.7 or 2.6 (or 3.x)

• PyQt

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

• lxml

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

• Whoosh 2.x

  • python-whoosh (Ubuntu/Mint/Debian), python-whoosh in AUR (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 & gst-plugins-ugly (Ubuntu/Mint/Debian), gstreamer-plugins-good & gstreamer-plugins-ugly (Arch Linux)

###Linux

1. Enter the following commands in the terminal:

$ make install

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'.

###Mac OS X

(for advanced users)

1. Install MacPorts

2. Install the following ports:

   • python27 (or python3x)
   • py27-pyqt4
   • py27-lxml
   • py27-whoosh
   • py27-pyobjc-cocoa

3. Run the LDOCE5 Viewer