How To Install acheck on Debian 10

Learn how to install acheck on Debian 10 with this tutorial. acheck is Check common localisation mistakes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install acheck on Debian 10.

What is acheck

acheck is:

acheck, any text file checker, is a tool designed to help both translators and reviewers checking and fixing common localisation mistakes according to file format. Rules can be defined to add new checks.

If you install the Aspell Perl module as recommended, Aspell can be invoked to check word spelling.

There are three methods to install acheck on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install acheck Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install acheck using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install acheck

Install acheck Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install acheck using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install acheck

Install acheck Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install acheck using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install acheck

How To Uninstall acheck on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove acheck

Uninstall acheck And Its Dependencies

To uninstall acheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove acheck

Remove acheck Configurations and Data

To remove acheck configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge acheck

Remove acheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove acheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acheck

Dependencies

acheck have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install acheck package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.