How To Install gspell on CentOS 8

gspell is Spell-checking library for GTK+ Spell-checking library for GTK+

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gspell on CentOS 8.

What is `gspell`

gspell provides a flexible API to implement the spell checking in a GTK+ application. gspell 1.8.1 1.el8 x86_64 99 k gspell-1.8.1-1.el8.src.rpm appstream Spell-checking library for GTK+ https LGPLv2+ gspell provides a flexible API to implement the spell checking in a GTK+ application.

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

Install gspell 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 gspell using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gspell

Install gspell 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 gspell using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gspell

How To Uninstall gspell on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gspell package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gspell

gspell Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/5a005d4ffee53cca968bcc537eb1cc2329f3d1
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/Gspell-1.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgspell-1.so.2
/usr/lib64/libgspell-1.so.2.3.0
/usr/share/licenses/gspell
/usr/share/licenses/gspell/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/264a4e95b063ac213b522d83ef9f342b805d1b
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Gspell-1.typelib
/usr/lib/libgspell-1.so.2
/usr/lib/libgspell-1.so.2.3.0
/usr/share/licenses/gspell
/usr/share/licenses/gspell/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gspell-1.mo

References

[gspell website](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gspell https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gspell)

Summary

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