Sdcv
sdcv is the console version of the StarDict program that provides console access to dictionaries in StarDict's format
Installation
sdcv is available from the official repositories
Usage
sdcv can be started from the command line:
sdcv
This gives you a 'shell-like' command-line from which you can query the database.
Adding dictionaries
There are various places on the web where you can download StarDict dictionaries. Here are some links to get you started:
- http://abloz.com/huzheng/stardict-dic/dict.org[dead link 2015-06-21]
- http://abloz.com/huzheng/stardict-dic/freedict.de[dead link 2015-06-21]
- http://abloz.com/huzheng/stardict-dic/mova.org[dead link 2015-06-21]
- http://abloz.com/huzheng/stardict-dic[dead link 2015-06-21]
Then you can extract the files into /usr/share/stardict/dic
.
If you don't have root permissions, you can set the STARDICT_DATA_DIR
environment variable.
A good choice might be:
export STARDICT_DATA_DIR=$XDG_DATA_HOME
sdcv will look in the dic
subdirectory so make sure that is created and place your dictionaries inside it
After that, you should be set
Tips
Alias sdcv
sdcv isn't a very good name for a terminal command you are likely to use a lot. A good name might be:
alias def="/usr/bin/sdcv"