How To Install aspell-de-1901 on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell-de-1901 on Debian 9.

What is aspell-de-1901

aspell-de-1901 is:

This package contains German dictionaries for the aspell spell checker.

Dictionaries included are de_DE-1901 (de-1901/deutsch-alt/german-old) and de_CH-1901, all using the traditional German orthography. For the current orthography (de_DE-1996) see package aspell-de.

There are three methods to install aspell-de-1901 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install aspell-de-1901 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install aspell-de-1901 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install aspell-de-1901

Install aspell-de-1901 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install aspell-de-1901 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install aspell-de-1901

Install aspell-de-1901 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 aspell-de-1901 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aspell-de-1901

How To Uninstall aspell-de-1901 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the aspell-de-1901 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aspell-de-1901

Uninstall aspell-de-1901 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aspell-de-1901 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aspell-de-1901

Remove aspell-de-1901 Configurations and Data

To remove aspell-de-1901 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aspell-de-1901

Remove aspell-de-1901 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove aspell-de-1901 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aspell-de-1901

Dependencies

aspell-de-1901 have the following dependencies:

• aspell
• dictionaries-common

References

• aspell-de-1901 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell-de-1901 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.