How To Install libenchant-2-2 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libenchant-2-2 on Ubuntu 20.04. libenchant-2-2 is Wrapper library for various spell checker engines (runtime libs) Wrapper library for various spell checker engines (runtime libs)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libenchant-2-2 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libenchant-2-2`

libenchant-2-2 is:

Enchant is a generic spell checking library which uses existing spell checker engines such as ispell, aspell and myspell as its backends.

Enchant steps in to provide uniformity and conformity on top of these libraries, and implement certain features that may be lacking in any individual provider library.

This package contains the shared library and non-Voikko enchant plugins. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libenchant-2-2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.2.8-1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: enchant-2 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 186 Depends: hunspell-en-us | hunspell-dictionary | myspell-dictionary | aspell-dictionary | ispell-dictionary, libaspell15 (>= 0.60.8), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0), libhunspell-1.7-0, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Recommends: enchant-2 Suggests: libenchant-2-voikko Filename: pool/main/e/enchant-2/libenchant-2-2_2.2.8-1_amd64.deb Size: 45656 MD5sum: c03ae73b820a5cbb16378c9c26bd0faa SHA1: f7775d08f13d7ba2da4133ccdccdbb6d4fdbc5d1 SHA256: ac2af2ffc55cb35913bb61151e3749232d4f3f76e517718b74573359e40663d5 Homepage: https://abiword.github.io/enchant/ Description-en: Wrapper library for various spell checker engines (runtime libs) Enchant is a generic spell checking library which uses existing spell checker engines such as ispell, aspell and myspell as its backends.

Enchant steps in to provide uniformity and conformity on top of these libraries, and implement certain features that may be lacking in any individual provider library.

There are three methods to install libenchant-2-2 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 libenchant-2-2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libenchant-2-2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libenchant-2-2

Install libenchant-2-2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libenchant-2-2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libenchant-2-2

Install libenchant-2-2 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 libenchant-2-2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libenchant-2-2

How To Uninstall libenchant-2-2 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libenchant-2-2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libenchant-2-2

Uninstall libenchant-2-2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libenchant-2-2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libenchant-2-2

Remove libenchant-2-2 Configurations and Data

To remove libenchant-2-2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libenchant-2-2

Remove libenchant-2-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libenchant-2-2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libenchant-2-2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libenchant-2-2 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.