How To Install dictionaries-common-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dictionaries-common-dev
on Debian 11.
What is dictionaries-common-dev
dictionaries-common-dev is:
This package provides the full text of the Debian Spelling Dictionaries and Tools Policy, and some debhelper-like helpers.
It is only of interest for developers maintaining wordlists or dictionaries for Ispell, Aspell, or MySpell/Hunspell.
There are three methods to install dictionaries-common-dev
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dictionaries-common-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dictionaries-common-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dictionaries-common-dev
Install dictionaries-common-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dictionaries-common-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dictionaries-common-dev
Install dictionaries-common-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dictionaries-common-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dictionaries-common-dev
How To Uninstall dictionaries-common-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the dictionaries-common-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dictionaries-common-dev
Uninstall dictionaries-common-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dictionaries-common-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dictionaries-common-dev
Remove dictionaries-common-dev Configurations and Data
To remove dictionaries-common-dev
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dictionaries-common-dev
Remove dictionaries-common-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dictionaries-common-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dictionaries-common-dev
Dependencies
dictionaries-common-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dictionaries-common-dev
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.