Spell-check in Aquamacs Emacs won't work: “Wrong endian order.”

Question

This is aquamacs 1.5 on a macbook. Exact error when I try to spell-check:

Error: The file "/Library/Application Support/cocoAspell/aspell6-en-6.0-0//en-common.rws" is not in the proper format. Wrong endian order.

ADDED: I indeed had the wrong version of cocoAspell. But installing the right version didn't work until I actually wiped (or renamed) /Library/Application Support/cocoAspell and reinstalled from scratch. That's what had thrown me for a loop. Thanks for the quick answers! Stackoverflow rocks!

Answer 1

I believe you have the wrong version of the coco interface to Aspell for your mac.

Check this site and download the appropriate version (PowerPC/Intel): http://people.ict.usc.edu/~leuski/cocoaspell/

Answer 2

I'm not sure, but this page seems similar: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/AquamacsFAQ (search for "format" on that page to find the relevant part)

Have you been using fink to install an old version of aspell like in this posting?