The same error is in KWrite Version 20.04.0:

Operating System: KDE neon 5.18
KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.70.0
Qt Version: 5.14.2

Confirmed on kate from git master.

I cannot reproduce this.

Can someone confirm if they have this file available: "/usr/share/hspell/hebrew.wgz.sizes"? And is HSpell installed properly along with its required dictionaries?

For completeness, here are the contents of my /usr/share/hspell:

.rw-r--r-- root root 112 KB Tue May 19 14:31:12 2020 hebrew.wgz
.rw-r--r-- root root 134 KB Tue May 19 14:31:12 2020 hebrew.wgz.desc
.rw-r--r-- root root 4.3 KB Tue May 19 14:31:12 2020 hebrew.wgz.hints
.rw-r--r-- root root  45 KB Tue May 19 14:31:12 2020 hebrew.wgz.prefixes
.rw-r--r-- root root  33 B  Tue May 19 14:31:12 2020 hebrew.wgz.sizes
.rw-r--r-- root root 369 KB Tue May 19 14:31:12 2020 hebrew.wgz.stems

(In reply to Waqar Ahmed from comment #3)
> I cannot reproduce this.
> 
> Can someone confirm if they have this file available:
> "/usr/share/hspell/hebrew.wgz.sizes"? And is HSpell installed properly along
> with its required dictionaries?
> 
> For completeness, here are the contents of my /usr/share/hspell:
> 
> .rw-r--r-- root root 112 KB Tue May 19 14:31:12 2020 hebrew.wgz
> .rw-r--r-- root root 134 KB Tue May 19 14:31:12 2020 hebrew.wgz.desc
> .rw-r--r-- root root 4.3 KB Tue May 19 14:31:12 2020 hebrew.wgz.hints
> .rw-r--r-- root root  45 KB Tue May 19 14:31:12 2020 hebrew.wgz.prefixes
> .rw-r--r-- root root  33 B  Tue May 19 14:31:12 2020 hebrew.wgz.sizes
> .rw-r--r-- root root 369 KB Tue May 19 14:31:12 2020 hebrew.wgz.stems

After testing (on a different OS from last time, now Solus) I can't reproduce the issue. kate launches without any terminal feedback showing missing dictionary files.

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I remember it was recently fixed. There was even a blog post about it.

Operating System: Kubuntu 21.10
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.89.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.13.0-22-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

I still get the warning when starting e.g. kwrite

Hspell: can't open /usr/share/hspell/hebrew.wgz.sizes.
kf.sonnet.clients.hspell: HSpellDict::HSpellDict: Init failed

I do not have hspell installed. Also I do not need hebrew spell checking on my system. So why is this warning given? (And why not other languages, too?)

Reopening due to user post.

> I do not have hspell installed. 

> Hspell: can't open /usr/share/hspell/hebrew.wgz.sizes.

The above lines says that you do have it installed but don't have the dictionaries. Please either uninstall it completely or install the dictionaries and check if its still giving warnings.

https://packages.ubuntu.com/hirsute/amd64/hspell/filelist shows the list of files installed on your system if hspell is installed.

Hello Waqar,

at least I do not have an "hspell" package installed. Maybe it comes in another package name? Here are all installed packages with "spell" in their name or description title:

$ dpkg -l | grep spell
ii  aspell                                        0.60.8-3                                    amd64        GNU Aspell spell-checker
ii  aspell-en                                     2018.04.16-0-1                              all          English dictionary for GNU Aspell
ii  dictionaries-common                           1.28.4                                      all          spelling dictionaries - common utilities
ii  enchant-2                                     2.3.1-1                                     amd64        Wrapper for various spell checker engines (binary programs)
ii  hunspell-de-at-frami                          1:7.1.0~rc3-3                               all          German (Austria) dictionary for hunspell ("frami" version)
ii  hunspell-de-ch-frami                          1:7.1.0~rc3-3                               all          German (Switzerland) dictionary for hunspell ("frami" version)
ii  hunspell-de-de-frami                          1:7.1.0~rc3-3                               all          German dictionary for hunspell ("frami" version)
ii  hunspell-en-us                                1:2019.10.06-1                              all          English_american dictionary for hunspell
ii  libaspell15:amd64                             0.60.8-3                                    amd64        GNU Aspell spell-checker runtime library
ii  libenchant-2-2:amd64                          2.3.1-1                                     amd64        Wrapper library for various spell checker engines (runtime libs)
ii  libhfstospell11:amd64                         0.5.2-1build2                               amd64        HFST spell checker runtime libraries
ii  libhunspell-1.7-0:amd64                       1.7.0-3                                     amd64        spell checker and morphological analyzer (shared library)
ii  libkf5sonnet5-data                            5.89.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu21.10~ppa1            all          spell checking library for Qt, data files
ii  libkf5sonnetcore5:amd64                       5.89.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu21.10~ppa1            amd64        spell checking library for Qt, core lib
ii  libkf5sonnetui5:amd64                         5.89.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu21.10~ppa1            amd64        spell checking library for Qt, ui lib
ii  libqt5hunspellinputmethod5:amd64              5.15.2+dfsg-2                               amd64        Qt virtual keyboard - helper library for Hunspell input method
ii  python3-enchant                               3.2.0-1                                     all          spellchecking library for Python 3
ii  qml-module-org-kde-sonnet:amd64               5.89.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu21.10~ppa1            amd64        spell checking library for Qt, plugins
ii  sonnet-plugins:amd64                          5.89.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu21.10~ppa1            amd64        spell checking library for Qt, plugins

The whole /usr/share/hspell directory is not present:
$ ls -l /usr/share/hspell
ls: cannot access '/usr/share/hspell': No such file or directory

try the following instead:

sudo find / -iname *hspell*

root# find / -iname *hspell*
find: ‘/run/user/1000/doc’: Permission denied
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/enchant-2/enchant_hspell.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/sonnet/sonnet_hspell.so
/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/161/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/enchant/libenchant_hspell.so

This is all.

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Hello,
which Info are you waiting for?

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For anyone coming across this issue, I solved it by installing hspell on my system with apt. It's about 1.2Mb in size

```
sudo apt install hspell -y
````

My guess -- and it's only a guess -- is that Kate comes bundled with hspell, but it missing some of the dictionary files. Installing hspell directly installs those dictionary files and removes the warning.

(In reply to Fergal Mullally from comment #17)
> For anyone coming across this issue, I solved it by installing hspell on my
> system with apt. It's about 1.2Mb in size
> 
> ```
> sudo apt install hspell -y
> ````
> 
> My guess -- and it's only a guess -- is that Kate comes bundled with hspell,
> but it missing some of the dictionary files. Installing hspell directly
> installs those dictionary files and removes the warning.

But why does it even try? I don't need Hebrew spelling.

(In reply to Christoph Feck from comment #6)
> I remember it was recently fixed. There was even a blog post about it.

On a up to date Ubuntu Budgie 22.04.2 LTS x86_64, kate installed from Muon package manager:

Hspell: can't open /usr/share/hspell/hebrew.wgz.sizes.                                                                    
kf.sonnet.clients.hspell: HSpellDict::HSpellDict: Init failed                                                             

What really bugs me is: Why do I need a Hebrew dictionary?

*** Bug 433154 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

*** Bug 420469 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Git commit 2a9ce5916367967f6321ded4f4a75374f9b76d4e by Waqar Ahmed.
Committed on 22/07/2024 at 16:23.
Pushed by cullmann into branch 'master'.

Avoid initializing full HSpellDict when getting languages

We can just check if the dictionary exists at the given path

M  +8    -5    src/plugins/hspell/hspellclient.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/sonnet/-/commit/2a9ce5916367967f6321ded4f4a75374f9b76d4e