How To Install aspell-devel on CentOS 8

aspell-devel is Libraries and header files for Aspell development Libraries and header files for Aspell development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell-devel on CentOS 8.

What is aspell-devel

The aspell-devel package includes libraries and header files needed for Aspell development. aspell-devel 12 0.60.6.1 21.el8 x86_64 53 k aspell-0.60.6.1-21.el8.src.rpm powertools Libraries and header files for Aspell development http LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2 and GPLv2+ and BSD The aspell-devel package includes libraries and header files needed for Aspell development.

We can use yum or dnf to install aspell-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install aspell-devel.

Install aspell-devel on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install aspell-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install aspell-devel

Install aspell-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install aspell-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install aspell-devel

How To Uninstall aspell-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the aspell-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove aspell-devel

aspell-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/pspell-config
/usr/include/aspell.h
/usr/include/pspell
/usr/include/pspell/pspell.h
/usr/lib/libaspell.so
/usr/lib/libpspell.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/aspell.pc
/usr/share/info/aspell-dev.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pspell-config.1.gz
/usr/bin/pspell-config
/usr/include/aspell.h
/usr/include/pspell
/usr/include/pspell/pspell.h
/usr/lib64/libaspell.so
/usr/lib64/libpspell.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/aspell.pc
/usr/share/info/aspell-dev.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pspell-config.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.