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Here you can download the latest (0.2.4) version of Tagaini Jisho for your platform. All the files presented here are also available from the Launchpad download page.

Note that versions other than the English one are only very partially translated. For missing translations, English is used as a fallback. If possible, using the English version is recommanded.

Also note that the application interface is only available in English and French. Volunteers to translate it in other languages are welcome.

Windows

Windows installer binaries are available for Windows 98 or newer. You also need Japanese fonts and Microsoft IME in order to read and input Japanese. If you own Vista, it is recommanded that you install the Meiryo font for best visibility.

Latest stable

Mac

Universal Mac OS X binaries are available. You need Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or later. It is a good idea to enable Japanese support.

Latest stable

Linux

Linux is the main platform supported by Tagaini. Here are packages for some popular distributions. If you would like to maintain a package for another distribution, please feel free to contact me.

Ubuntu Linux

Users of Ubuntu Linux can add my PPA to their apt sources in order to remain up-to-date with the latest version. Just add the following source to your system software sources:

Karmic (9.10) or Lucid (10.4)

ppa:gnurou/ppa

Jaunty (9.04)

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnurou/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Then, regardless of your version of Ubuntu, you should get the archive's key:

$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 79D56C19

Afterwards, you can install one of the tagainijisho-dic-<lang> packages, where <lang> corresponds to your desired language (en, fr, es, de, ru).

As Ubuntu-provided Japanese fonts are not easy to read and not always relevant and complete (you may get Chinese writings of some kanji, and some others are just missing), it is strongly recommended to install the (proprietary) for all Ubuntu or other distributions users. Follow the instructions here to set it up under Ubuntu. Even better, if you own Windows Vista: copy and install the Meiryo font (proprietary too).

Fedora core 11 and 12

Binaries of the latest released version are available from the openSUSE Build Service. To enable the repository, open a terminal and, as root, download the repository package index:

# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/  
# wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home://Gnurou/Fedora_11/home:Gnurou.repo

Then, go to Add/Remove software, refresh your packages list, and you will be able to search for and install Tagaini Jisho. The Japanese fonts shipped with Fedora should provide you with a pleasant experience.

openSUSE 11.2

Just open one of the following links to trigger the one-click install. Make sure to remain subscribed to the repository if you want updates to be automatically installed. openSUSE provides default Japanese fonts that are acceptable for using Tagaini.

Mandriva 2009.1 and 2010

There are packages build for Mandriva on the openSUSE Build Service, but I don't know how the end user can access the repository. You can however download the packages individually from there and install them manually. Download the tagainijisho package as well as a dictionary package and install them together using urpmi:

# urpmi tagainijisho-*.rpm

By default, Mandriva comes with no Japanese font installed - make sure to install the fonts-ttf-japanese and fonts-ttf-japanese-extra packages.

Arch Linux

Tagaini is available through AUR. You can install it using the excellent yaourt script:

$ yaourt tagainijisho

By default, the English dictionary will be generated - if you would like to change the language, edit the package when asked and add the -l xx when the builddb.py script is invoked (where xx is one of the supported languages, see the package names for Windows and Mac to get a list.

Source code / Any other Qt4-supported platform

Hackers can get the source code of the release to play with it:

The README file contains information about how to compile it.

It is once again strongly recommended that you enable Japanese fonts and input on your system to enjoy Tagaini. For better results, make sure you install the (proprietary) Microsoft Gothic font or Meiryo font if you own Windows Vista.

The code repository with the latest development code are available on Gitorious.

Current beta

The second beta for Tagaini 0.2.5 is available. On top of a cleaner architecture, it features hierarchical lists useful to organize entries that you find, say, in a book. It should be safe to use (the new features are not 100% completed however), but please mind that if you install and run this version, you won't be able to get back to 0.2.4 because the database schema has been updated. Use this betasoftware at your own risk.

The files for the beta are currently unavailable because of a serious bug. They will be back soon.

Windows binaries

Mac universal binaries

Source code

The source code now uses CMake and does not rely on dirty tricks to build the database anymore - therefore it should be easy to build for anyone with CMake and Qt.