How To Install libhfstospell5 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhfstospell5 on Debian 9. libhfstospell5 is HFST spell checker runtime libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhfstospell5 on Debian 9.

What is libhfstospell5

libhfstospell5 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.

There are three methods to install libhfstospell5 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 libhfstospell5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhfstospell5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhfstospell5

Install libhfstospell5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhfstospell5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhfstospell5

Install libhfstospell5 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 libhfstospell5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhfstospell5

How To Uninstall libhfstospell5 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libhfstospell5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhfstospell5

Uninstall libhfstospell5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhfstospell5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhfstospell5

Remove libhfstospell5 Configurations and Data

To remove libhfstospell5 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhfstospell5

Remove libhfstospell5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhfstospell5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhfstospell5

Dependencies

libhfstospell5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhfstospell5 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.