How To Install python-enchant on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-enchant on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-enchant
python-enchant is:
PyEnchant consists of Python bindings to the Enchant spellchecking library and some wrapper classes. It includes all the functionality of Enchant in a Pythonic object-oriented interface, and also provides some higher-level functionality which is not available in the C API.
There are three methods to install python-enchant on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-enchant Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-enchant using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-enchant
Install python-enchant Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-enchant using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-enchant
Install python-enchant 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 python-enchant using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-enchant
How To Uninstall python-enchant on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-enchant package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-enchant
Uninstall python-enchant And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-enchant and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-enchant
Remove python-enchant Configurations and Data
To remove python-enchant configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-enchant
Remove python-enchant configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-enchant configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-enchant
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-enchant package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.