I need to use the file 'words', but I can't find it.
This shows a red file called 'words', which I think is a broken link:
ls /usr/share/dict
What can I do?
Ubuntu – How to use dict/words
12.04dictionary
Related Solutions
First you need to determine what package the files belong to. You can use dpkg -S searchterm for that. For example, dpkg -S /usr/share/dict/american-english yields:
wamerican: /usr/share/dict/american-english
So, the subject package is wamerican. All packages I know of have a copyright file in /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE-NAME/copyright. wamerican is not an exception, it's copyright file is in /usr/share/doc/wamerican/copyright.
There are several ways you can do this.
- Open Files and click the Search button. This is the easiest and recommended choice since it's installed by default.
- Or you can install gnome-search-tool
- Or you can install tracker-gui
Best Answer
apt-file says it's provided by
wamerican: /usr/share/dict/words. I would:apt-get install --reinstall wamerican