How To Install gtkspell on CentOS 8

gtkspell is On-the-fly spell checking for GtkTextView widgets On-the-fly spell checking for GtkTextView widgets

Introduction

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

What is `gtkspell`

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. gtkspell 2.0.16 15.el8 x86_64 47 k gtkspell-2.0.16-15.el8.src.rpm appstream On-the-fly spell checking for GtkTextView widgets http GPLv2+ 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 or dnf to install gtkspell on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gtkspell.

Install gtkspell 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 gtkspell using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gtkspell

Install gtkspell 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 gtkspell using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gtkspell

How To Uninstall gtkspell on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove gtkspell

gtkspell Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/4d564e7f3655c48a9281d2aa38815eb54ab5a6
/usr/lib64/libgtkspell.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgtkspell.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell/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
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/9ef55d87d892052141fca7718ac7f29692c00f
/usr/lib/libgtkspell.so.0
/usr/lib/libgtkspell.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gtkspell/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 website](http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/ http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/)

Summary

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