Using Apertium spellers with LibreOffice-Voikko on Debian

How to install libreoffice-voikko on Ubuntu/Debian

Install Requirements

Install requirements from apt

sudo apt-get install libreoffice python3 git make sed findutils zip unzip pkg-config gettext \
libxml++2.6-dev libarchive-dev zlib1g-dev unzip automake autoconf libtool flex bison g++ libreadline-dev

Here any version of Python 3 can be used.

Setup the Environment

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH

Install Prerequisites

Setup for Projectjj repo users

If you are a Projectjj repo user then some of depedencies can be installed this way. Otherwise if things don't work for you, you can head over to next section.

Install foma and hfst-ospell

sudo apt-get install foma hfst-ospell libfoma0-dev hfst-ospell-dev

If not using Projectjj then Compile

Install foma

svn co http://foma.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/foma/
cd foma
make; sudo make install

Install hfst-ospell

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/hfst/hfst/source/hfstospell-0.4.0.tar.gz
tar xvf hfstospell-0.4.0.tar.gz
cd hfstospell-0.4.0
./configure --enable-zhfst --enable-zip --enable-xml
make
sudo make install

Install Others

sudo apt-get install libvoikko-dev libvoikko1v5 voikko-fi

Or the Compiling way

Install libvoikko
wget http://www.puimula.org/voikko-sources/libvoikko/libvoikko-4.0.tar.gz
tar xvf libvoikko-4.0.tar.gz
cd libvoikko-4.0
./autogen.sh
./configure --prefix=~/.voikko --with-dictionary-path=~/.voikko --enable-hfst; make
sudo make install

Install voikko-fi
wget http://www.puimula.org/voikko-sources/voikko-fi/voikko-fi-2.0.tar.gz
tar xvf voikko-fi-2.0.tar.gz
cd voikko-fi-2.0
PATH=/usr/local/voikko/bin:$PATH make vvfst
sudo make vvfst-install DESTDIR=/usr/local/voikkodict

Install Language Module

I'll be using Kazakh

To install Kazakh language module, First get it
svn co https://svn.code.sf.net/p/apertium/svn/languages/apertium-kaz/
cd apertium-kaz
./autogen.sh --enable-ospell && make && sudo make install && sudo ldconfig

Test the working of it
sudo cp kaz.zhfst ~/.voikko/kk.zhfst
echo "қазақша билмеймін" | tr ' ' '\n' | voikkospell -d kk -s

The output is
C: қазақша
W: билмеймін
S: билеймін
S: білмеймін
S: билемеймін
S: бөлмеймін
S: билемейміз

Install LibreOffice-Voikko

Get it

git clone https://github.com/voikko/libreoffice-voikko

Change Directory and Compile

cd libreoffice-voikko/
make oxt

Adding the extension to LibreOffice

Open LibreOffice

Goto Tools>Extension Manager
Click on the Add button
Browse to libreoffice-voikko>build
Open voikko.oxt

Goto Tools>Options
Open Language Settings>Writing Aids
Click on Edit at the right side of Available modules section
Change Language to Kazakh
Click Ok.
Close the Options dialog box.
Click on the fourth tab in status bar to change language
Click More.. and Select Kazakh

Test your installation

• Goto Tools>Options>Language
• Choose Kazakh
• Click Ok
• Type қазақша билмеймін
• A red wavy line will appear on билмеймін,meaning it's misspelled

Goto Tools>Options>Language

Choose Kazakh
Click Ok
Type қазақша билмеймін
A red wavy line will appear on билмеймін,meaning it's misspelled

To get correct suggestions, Right click on the mistaken word and suggestions will appear in context menu.
If there is any other problem, You can contact Me or Apertium Members.