How To Install hunspell-en on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install hunspell-en on Rocky Linux 8. hunspell-en is English hunspell dictionaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hunspell-en on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `hunspell-en`

English (US, UK, etc.) hunspell dictionaries

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

Install hunspell-en 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 hunspell-en using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hunspell-en

Install hunspell-en 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 hunspell-en using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hunspell-en

How To Uninstall hunspell-en on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove hunspell-en

hunspell-en Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/hunspell-en
/usr/share/doc/hunspell-en/README_en_CA.txt
/usr/share/myspell/en_AG.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_AG.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_AU.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_AU.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_BS.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_BS.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_BW.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_BW.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_BZ.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_BZ.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_CA.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_CA.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_DK.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_DK.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_GH.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_GH.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_HK.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_HK.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_IE.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_IE.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_IN.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_IN.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_JM.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_JM.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_MW.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_MW.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_NA.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_NA.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_NG.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_NG.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_NZ.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_NZ.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_PH.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_PH.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_SG.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_SG.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_TT.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_TT.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_ZA.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_ZA.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_ZM.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_ZM.dic
/usr/share/myspell/en_ZW.aff
/usr/share/myspell/en_ZW.dic

References

hunspell-en website

Summary

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