How To Install mozvoikko on CentOS 8

mozvoikko is Finnish Voikko spell-checker extension for Mozilla programs

Introduction

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

What is mozvoikko

This is mozvoikko, an extension for Mozilla programs for using the Finnish spell-checker Voikko.

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

Install mozvoikko 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 mozvoikko using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mozvoikko

Install mozvoikko 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 mozvoikko using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mozvoikko

How To Uninstall mozvoikko on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove mozvoikko

mozvoikko Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/mozvoikko
/usr/share/doc/mozvoikko/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mozvoikko/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/mozvoikko/README
/usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{3550f703-e582-4d05-9a08-453d09bdfdc6}/{b676e3ff-cda7-4e0c-b2b8-74e4bb40a67a}
/usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{b676e3ff-cda7-4e0c-b2b8-74e4bb40a67a}
/usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{b676e3ff-cda7-4e0c-b2b8-74e4bb40a67a}/chrome.manifest
/usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{b676e3ff-cda7-4e0c-b2b8-74e4bb40a67a}/components
/usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{b676e3ff-cda7-4e0c-b2b8-74e4bb40a67a}/components/MozVoikko2.js
/usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{b676e3ff-cda7-4e0c-b2b8-74e4bb40a67a}/install.rdf

References

Summary

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