How To Install libraspell-ruby on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libraspell-ruby on Debian 9. libraspell-ruby is Transitional package for raspell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libraspell-ruby on Debian 9.

What is libraspell-ruby

libraspell-ruby is:

This is a transitional package to ease upgrades to the raspell package. It can safely be removed.

There are three methods to install libraspell-ruby 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 libraspell-ruby Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libraspell-ruby

Install libraspell-ruby Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libraspell-ruby

Install libraspell-ruby 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 libraspell-ruby using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libraspell-ruby

How To Uninstall libraspell-ruby on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libraspell-ruby package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libraspell-ruby

Uninstall libraspell-ruby And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libraspell-ruby

Remove libraspell-ruby Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libraspell-ruby

Remove libraspell-ruby configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libraspell-ruby

Dependencies

libraspell-ruby have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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