How To Install aspell-en on CentOS 8

aspell-en is English dictionaries for Aspell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell-en on CentOS 8.

What is `aspell-en`

Provides the word list/dictionaries for the following English, British English

We can use yum or dnf to install aspell-en on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install aspell-en.

Install aspell-en on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install aspell-en using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install aspell-en

Install aspell-en on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install aspell-en using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install aspell-en

How To Uninstall aspell-en on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the aspell-en package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove aspell-en

aspell-en Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/american-variant_0.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/american-variant_1.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/american-w_accents.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/american-wo_accents.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/american.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/australian-variant_0.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/australian-variant_1.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/australian-w_accents.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/australian-wo_accents.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/australian.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/british-ise-w_accents.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/british-ise-wo_accents.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/british-ise.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/british-ize-w_accents.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/british-ize-wo_accents.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/british-ize.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/british-variant_0.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/british-variant_1.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/british-w_accents.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/british-wo_accents.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/british.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/canadian-variant_0.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/canadian-variant_1.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/canadian-w_accents.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/canadian-wo_accents.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/canadian.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en-common.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en-variant_0.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en-variant_0.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en-variant_1.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en-variant_1.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en-variant_2.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en-variant_2.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en-w_accents-only.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en-w_accents.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en-wo_accents-only.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en-wo_accents.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en.dat
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_AU-variant_0.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_AU-variant_0.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_AU-variant_1.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_AU-variant_1.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_AU-w_accents-only.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_AU-w_accents.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_AU-wo_accents-only.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_AU-wo_accents.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_AU.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_CA-variant_0.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_CA-variant_0.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_CA-variant_1.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_CA-variant_1.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_CA-w_accents-only.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_CA-w_accents.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_CA-wo_accents-only.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_CA-wo_accents.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_CA.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-ise-w_accents-only.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-ise-w_accents.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-ise-wo_accents-only.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-ise-wo_accents.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-ise.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-ize-w_accents-only.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-ize-w_accents.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-ize-wo_accents-only.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-ize-wo_accents.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-ize.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-variant_0.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-variant_0.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-variant_1.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-variant_1.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-w_accents.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB-wo_accents.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_GB.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_US-variant_0.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_US-variant_1.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_US-w_accents-only.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_US-w_accents.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_US-wo_accents-only.rws
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_US-wo_accents.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_US.multi
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_affix.dat
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/en_phonet.dat
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/english-variant_0.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/english-variant_1.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/english-variant_2.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/english-w_accents.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/english-wo_accents.alias
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/english.alias
/usr/share/doc/aspell-en
/usr/share/doc/aspell-en/Copyright

References

aspell-en website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell-en on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.