How To Install python-hunspell on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-hunspell on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-hunspell is Python 2 binding for Hunspell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-hunspell on Debian 10.

What is python-hunspell

python-hunspell is:

Pyhunspell is a set of Python bindings for the Hunspell spell-checker engine. It lets developers load Hunspell dictionaries, check words, get suggestions, add new words, etc. It also provides some basic morphological analysis related methods.

This package provides the binding to Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-hunspell on Debian 10. 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-hunspell 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-hunspell using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-hunspell

Install python-hunspell Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-hunspell

Install python-hunspell 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 python-hunspell using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-hunspell

How To Uninstall python-hunspell on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-hunspell package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-hunspell

Uninstall python-hunspell And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-hunspell and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-hunspell

Remove python-hunspell Configurations and Data

To remove python-hunspell configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-hunspell

Remove python-hunspell configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-hunspell

Dependencies

python-hunspell have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-hunspell package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.