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Catman
Asked: 2020-03-07 00:23:43 +0800 CST

GoldenDict doesn't launch. What do I do?

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GoldenDict worked fine but one day simply stopped launching. The process is there, takes 29.4 MBs of storage, but the app doesn't launch. I uninstalled it and reinstalled again. No luck so far. What do I do?

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1 Answers

  1. After removing and before installing goldendict, do: mv ~/.goldendict ~/.goldendict.bk in case if your user's goldendict configuration files were corrupted.

    Maybe you've tried to reinstall it using sudo apt remove goldendict && sudo apt install goldendict, which doesn't purge all package files, which could be broken. To reinstall goldendict use the next command:

    sudo apt purge goldendict libeb16 libopencc2 libopencc2-data
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade \
    && sudo apt install goldendict

    Also, you could install it using snap:

    sudo snap install goldendictionary --classic

    to check if it works, however it has the same version, so if purging/installing helps, it is not needed to install it using snap.

    Also, as @SadaharuWakisaka mentioned, you could have issues with Wayland trying to launch goldendict. Try to launch it using:

    Exec=env QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb goldendict
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