How To Install libhfstospell10 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhfstospell10 on Ubuntu 20.04. libhfstospell10 is HFST spell checker runtime libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhfstospell10 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libhfstospell10

libhfstospell10 is:

Minimal HFST optimized lookup format based spell checker library and a demonstrational implementation of command line based spell checker.

This package provides runtime libraries for hfst-ospell. Task: kubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video

There are three methods to install libhfstospell10 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 libhfstospell10 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhfstospell10 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhfstospell10

Install libhfstospell10 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhfstospell10 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhfstospell10

Install libhfstospell10 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 libhfstospell10 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhfstospell10

How To Uninstall libhfstospell10 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libhfstospell10 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhfstospell10

Uninstall libhfstospell10 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhfstospell10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhfstospell10

Remove libhfstospell10 Configurations and Data

To remove libhfstospell10 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhfstospell10

Remove libhfstospell10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhfstospell10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhfstospell10

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhfstospell10 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.