GNOME Dictionary

Look up words in dictionary sources.

GNOME Dictionary is a simple, clean, elegant application to look up words in online dictionaries using the DICT protocol.

Building Dictionary

In order to build GNOME Dictionary you will need:

• a C99 compatible compiler
• Python 3
• Ninja
• Meson

You will also need the development files for:

• GLib 2.x
• GTK+ 3.x

After cloning the gnome-dictionary repository, enter the source directory and configure the project using:

$ meson _build .

Where _build is the location where the build artefacts should be placed. After the configuration succeeds, you can build, test, and install GNOME Dictionary using:

$ cd _build
$ ninja
$ meson test
$ sudo ninja install        # Will install under /usr/local by default

If you wish to install in a different prefix, use the --prefix command line option for meson.