How To Install libpspell-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpspell-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpspell-dev
libpspell-dev is:
This package contains the headers and static libraries for developing applications with portable spell-checking interface (pspell) support.
You need this package ONLY if you plan to build applications that link against the pspell static libraries. You do not have to install this package if all you want to do is use the Aspell program to spell-check.
Package: libpspell-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.60.8-1build1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libdevel Source: aspell Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Agustin Martin Domingo [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 52 Depends: libaspell15 (= 0.60.8-1build1), libaspell-dev Suggests: aspell-doc Replaces: aspell-bin (« 0.50.3-3) Filename: pool/main/a/aspell/libpspell-dev_0.60.8-1build1_amd64.deb Size: 4664 MD5sum: ddc8af5ab652b541e095801fce416bcd SHA1: 20aa5119a284c4ebccc9373a6d6834464b6cba1e SHA256: 4ba97219f3610627a1c45d17fe8f1db048653b5aa569f5fcd0c65d115644f14b Homepage: http://aspell.net/ Description-en: Development files for applications with pspell support This package contains the headers and static libraries for developing applications with portable spell-checking interface (pspell) support.
You need this package ONLY if you plan to build applications that link against the pspell static libraries. You do not have to install this package if all you want to do is use the Aspell program to spell-check.
There are three methods to install libpspell-dev 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 libpspell-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpspell-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpspell-dev
Install libpspell-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpspell-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpspell-dev
Install libpspell-dev 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 libpspell-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpspell-dev
How To Uninstall libpspell-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpspell-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpspell-dev
Uninstall libpspell-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpspell-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpspell-dev
Remove libpspell-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpspell-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpspell-dev
Remove libpspell-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpspell-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpspell-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpspell-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
