How To Install gtkspell on Fedora 34

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 Fedora 34.

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 23.fc34 x86_64 43 k gtkspell-2.0.16-23.fc34.src.rpm fedora 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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gtkspell.

Install gtkspell on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove gtkspell

gtkspell Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/8c975f20620bea2954ad368ac6894b7f758c83
/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/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/215a9b24dec4b3f51cf853d78d6d1f8bb4de2b
/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.