How To Install hfst-ospell on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hfst-ospell
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is hfst-ospell
hfst-ospell is:
Minimal HFST optimized lookup format based spell checker library and a demonstrational implementation of command line based spell checker.
There are three methods to install hfst-ospell
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hfst-ospell Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hfst-ospell
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hfst-ospell
Install hfst-ospell Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hfst-ospell
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hfst-ospell
Install hfst-ospell 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install hfst-ospell
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hfst-ospell
How To Uninstall hfst-ospell on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the hfst-ospell
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hfst-ospell
Uninstall hfst-ospell And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hfst-ospell
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hfst-ospell
Remove hfst-ospell Configurations and Data
To remove hfst-ospell
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hfst-ospell
Remove hfst-ospell configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hfst-ospell
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hfst-ospell
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hfst-ospell
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.