How To Install aspell on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell on Debian 11.
What is aspell
aspell is:
GNU Aspell is a spell-checker which can be used either as a standalone application or embedded in other programs. Its main feature is that it does a much better job of suggesting possible spellings than just about any other spell-checker available for the English language, including Ispell and Microsoft Word. It also has many other technical enhancements over Ispell such as using shared memory for dictionaries and intelligently handling personal dictionaries when more than one Aspell process is open at once.
Aspell is designed to be a drop-in replacement for Ispell.
There are three methods to install aspell on Debian 11. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install aspell
Install aspell Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install aspell using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install aspell
Install aspell 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install aspell
How To Uninstall aspell on Debian 11
To uninstall only the aspell package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove aspell
Uninstall aspell And Its Dependencies
To uninstall aspell and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove aspell
Remove aspell Configurations and Data
To remove aspell configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge aspell
Remove aspell configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove aspell configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aspell
Dependencies
aspell have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.