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Spellcheck indicates every word is misspelled despite having a dictionary installed

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I'm using Firefox 61 on Debian Testing and every word is appearing to be misspelled. It was previously working fine, and I can't be sure how it broke. I tried installing a dictionary and language pack but that didn't make any difference. Any suggestions about what to try from there?

I'm using Firefox 61 on Debian Testing and every word is appearing to be misspelled. It was previously working fine, and I can't be sure how it broke. I tried installing a dictionary and language pack but that didn't make any difference. Any suggestions about what to try from there?

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It was this bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900469

Situation resolved itself with an upgrade to Firefox 61.0-2

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https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/language-tools/ https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-use-firefox-spell-checker

Only en-US and maybe a couple other locales comes with a dictionary due to licensee reasons.

You need to make sure a Dictionary language is selected.


The Language Pack from the same page is for to change the user interface language as you can see on https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-firefox-interface-other-languages-language-pack. It is a option for those who want one Firefox install but toggle between two or more different languages. If you only want one language then get it from www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/

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It was this bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900469

Situation resolved itself with an upgrade to Firefox 61.0-2

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So it was a problem with the third-party build of 61.0

Note the current Release from Mozilla as of July 5 is 61.0.1

https://www.mozilla.orgfirefox/61.0.1/releasenotes/ www.mozilla.org/firefox/all