Re: Unable to import NHunspell.dll using ctypes in Python

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Date	Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:55:26 -0400
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On 06/25/2013 03:54 AM, Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> wrote:
>> You're on Linux or similar, and dll's are the way a Windows executable is
>> named.
>
> dll’s are libraries for windows, not executables (/lib not /bin)
>
>> Try going back to where you downloaded this file, and see if you can get the
>> one for your OS.
>
> That is not necessary.  Because it is a sane OS, it is likely that
> hunspell is packaged in the repositories of OP’s system, and might be
> even installed there.  And if the package is installed, hunspell
> should reside in /usr/lib/libhunspell.so or a similar place.

Sorry, since I was talking about a DLL, I used Microsoft's terminology. 
  Certainly in Unix terms, a DLL is roughly equivalent to a shared library.

DLL is one of the dozens of file extensions commonly used for Microsoft 
executables, or PE files.  Microsoft doesn't generally make the 
distinction between an executable which can be called from the command 
line and one which can only be used with LoadLibraryEx().  In common 
use, only the "main" executable of a program will have an entry point, 
but both common types may be used for library code.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg463119.aspx

As for finding it in the repository, you're certainly right.  I had 
naiively assumed that the OP would have looked there first, and wouldn't 
be in this state if it were in the repository (eg. Synaptic).  It is in 
Ubuntu 12.04.

-- 
DaveA

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Unable to import NHunspell.dll using ctypes in Python akshay.ksth@gmail.com - 2013-06-24 23:23 -0700
  Re: Unable to import NHunspell.dll using ctypes in Python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-25 08:07 +0100
    Re: Unable to import NHunspell.dll using ctypes in Python akshay.ksth@gmail.com - 2013-06-25 00:32 -0700
      Re: Unable to import NHunspell.dll using ctypes in Python Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-25 03:45 -0400
      Re: Unable to import NHunspell.dll using ctypes in Python Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2013-06-25 09:54 +0200
      Re: Unable to import NHunspell.dll using ctypes in Python Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-25 09:55 -0400
  Re: Unable to import NHunspell.dll using ctypes in Python akshay.ksth@gmail.com - 2013-06-25 00:58 -0700
    Re: Unable to import NHunspell.dll using ctypes in Python Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-25 10:05 -0400
  Re: Unable to import NHunspell.dll using ctypes in Python akshay.ksth@gmail.com - 2013-06-25 01:04 -0700
    Re: Unable to import NHunspell.dll using ctypes in Python Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2013-06-25 10:32 +0200
  Re: Unable to import NHunspell.dll using ctypes in Python akshay.ksth@gmail.com - 2013-06-25 07:52 -0700

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