How To Install aspell-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell-devel on Rocky Linux 8. aspell-devel is Libraries and header files for Aspell development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is aspell-devel

The aspell-devel package includes libraries and header files needed for Aspell development.

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

Install aspell-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install aspell-devel

Install aspell-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install aspell-devel

How To Uninstall aspell-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove aspell-devel

aspell-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/pspell-config
/usr/include/aspell.h
/usr/include/pspell
/usr/include/pspell/pspell.h
/usr/lib/libaspell.so
/usr/lib/libpspell.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/aspell.pc
/usr/share/info/aspell-dev.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pspell-config.1.gz
/usr/bin/pspell-config
/usr/include/aspell.h
/usr/include/pspell
/usr/include/pspell/pspell.h
/usr/lib64/libaspell.so
/usr/lib64/libpspell.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/aspell.pc
/usr/share/info/aspell-dev.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pspell-config.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.