How To Install gtkspell.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkspell.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gtkspell.x86_64 is On-the-fly spell checking for GtkTextView widgets

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkspell.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gtkspell.x86_64`

GtkSpell provides word-processor-style highlighting and replacement of misspelled words in a GtkTextView widget as you type. Right-clicking a misspelled word pops up a menu of suggested replacements.

We can use yum to install gtkspell.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gtkspell.x86_64.

Install gtkspell.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gtkspell.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gtkspell.x86_64

How To Uninstall gtkspell.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gtkspell.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gtkspell.x86_64

gtkspell.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libgtkspell.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgtkspell.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell-2.0.16
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell-2.0.16/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell-2.0.16/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell-2.0.16/README
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/rm/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gtkspell.mo

References

gtkspell.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtkspell.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.