How To Install hyphen-gl on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyphen-gl on Debian 9. hyphen-gl is Galician hyphenation patterns

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyphen-gl on Debian 9.

What is hyphen-gl

hyphen-gl is:

This package contains the Galician hyphenation patterns.

You can use these patterns with programs which take advantage of libhyphen, like LibreOffice.

There are three methods to install hyphen-gl on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hyphen-gl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hyphen-gl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hyphen-gl

Install hyphen-gl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hyphen-gl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hyphen-gl

Install hyphen-gl 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 hyphen-gl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hyphen-gl

How To Uninstall hyphen-gl on Debian 9

To uninstall only the hyphen-gl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hyphen-gl

Uninstall hyphen-gl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hyphen-gl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hyphen-gl

Remove hyphen-gl Configurations and Data

To remove hyphen-gl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hyphen-gl

Remove hyphen-gl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hyphen-gl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hyphen-gl

Dependencies

hyphen-gl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyphen-gl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.