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[JP Vossen <jp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/01/2017 04:41 PM, Bo Grimes wrote:
> On 06/01/2017 03:12 PM, JP Vossen wrote:
> > On 06/01/2017 09:15 AM, Bo Grimes wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 31, 2017, at 08:30 PM, JP Vossen wrote:

> > Was your Mint-18 a new install, or an upgrade?  Because my Mint-17 
> > *does* have that exact same one:
> Upgrade from 17. So, I have Mint 18.1 on a laptop that was installed as 
> 18 and updated to 18.1.  I checked.  You are right. No python-gtkspell 
> to be found in repos.

I think that's the problem, more below.

...
> > Try this command, but *watch out* and make sure it doesn't want to 
> > remove more than you want it to!
> >     sudo apt-get remove --purge python-gtkspell
>
> I aborted.  I get:
>
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>    python-gtkspell*
>
> I'm assuming, maybe incorrectly, the wild card will also remove 
> python-gtkspellcheck

If I recall correctly the "*" means that it will purge config files, 
which probably doesn't matter in this case, but better to be clean.  Or 
try it without the "--purge" and see what it says.

I'd say give it a try, I've seen Zim do a bunch of weird things when old 
cruft is laying about.  I've caused a bit of that myself, which is how I 
know...  I *know* "python-gtkspell" is both not in the Mint-18 repos and 
not needed.  I *suspect* that it (or similar leftovers) may be causing 
confusion.

If that doesn't fix it, it might be other cruft that was not removed in 
the 17 to 18 update.

I might try something like:
----
sudo apt-get remove zim python-gtkspell python-gtkspellcheck aspell 
ispell python-enchant enchant
----

What to see if it removes anything else for dependencies, and then add 
those to the list below if you want them.  Then:
----
sudo apt-get install zim python-gtkspellcheck aspell python-enchant
----


> Mine works, too, except the interface being in Spanish, and it wants to 
> default to English instead of English (American).  I have to scroll down 
> and click English (American) every time even though I have it set to 
> "en-US" in the plug-in.

If you don't care about the other languages, what about trying:
----
sudo apt-get remove hunspell-en-gb hunspell-en-za myspell-en-au 
myspell-en-gb myspell-en-za
----

Later,
JP
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