From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ryan Yeske Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Problem installing ispell Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 04:20:35 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87istpvcw2.fsf@cut.hotdog.tmp> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1049775972 5081 80.91.224.249 (8 Apr 2003 04:26:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 04:26:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 08 06:26:11 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 192kgU-0001Jo-00 for ; Tue, 08 Apr 2003 06:26:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 192kg9-0007eF-0B for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2003 00:25:49 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.telusplanet.net!news1.telusplanet.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 31 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.180.217.248 Original-X-Trace: news1.telusplanet.net 1049775635 64.180.217.248 (Mon, 07 Apr 2003 22:20:35 MDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 22:20:35 MDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:111765 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:8266 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:8266 Alan Stein writes: > I just got a new computer and tried installing ispell; I'd had it > working on my old computer but don't remember how I installed it. > > I got the ispell.el file, put it in the /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/ > directory, opened emacs and compiled it with the byte-compile-file > command. It seemed to compile okay, but emacs won't load it. > > If I use the locate-library command, I get the response > "Library is file /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/ispell.elc." > However, if I try to load it with the load-library command, I get the > message > "Searching for program: no such file or directory, ispell." > > My setup is an iMac G4 with OSX. Hi Alan, You need the ispell binary. You should be able to download and compile the source from ftp.gnu.org:/non-gnu/ispell There may be a package for your OS, but I know nothing about that. BTW, what emacs are you using? AFAIK, ispell.el has been standard with GNU Emacs since at least version 20.x. You shouldn't need to bother with installing your own copy of ispell.el in site-lisp. Ryan