How To Install aspell-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install aspell-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. aspell-doc is Documentation for GNU Aspell spell-checker

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell-doc on Debian 12.

What is aspell-doc

aspell-doc is:

This package contains the documentation for GNU Aspell in various formats. The aspell package comes with minimal man pages. Install this package if you need further information on the development process and workings of Aspell.

There are three methods to install aspell-doc on Debian 12. 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install aspell-doc

Install aspell-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aspell-doc

Install aspell-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aspell-doc

How To Uninstall aspell-doc on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove aspell-doc

Uninstall aspell-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aspell-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aspell-doc

Remove aspell-doc Configurations and Data

To remove aspell-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aspell-doc

Remove aspell-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aspell-doc

Dependencies

aspell-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.