How To Install scid-spell-data on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install scid-spell-data on Debian 9. scid-spell-data is contains spelling corrections for scid chess databases

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scid-spell-data on Debian 9.

What is scid-spell-data

scid-spell-data is:

spelling corrections for maintaining scid chess databases. They can be used to correct and identify player names, events and ratings in chess databases. This is necessary, because large databases come from various sources and only with spell corrected files there is a chance to identify duplicate database entries.

There are three methods to install scid-spell-data 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 scid-spell-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install scid-spell-data

Install scid-spell-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install scid-spell-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install scid-spell-data

Install scid-spell-data 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 scid-spell-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install scid-spell-data

How To Uninstall scid-spell-data on Debian 9

To uninstall only the scid-spell-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove scid-spell-data

Uninstall scid-spell-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove scid-spell-data

Remove scid-spell-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge scid-spell-data

Remove scid-spell-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scid-spell-data

Dependencies

scid-spell-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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