How To Install aspell on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell on Rocky Linux 8. aspell is Spell checker

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `aspell`

GNU Aspell is a spell checker designed to eventually replace Ispell. It can either be used as a library or as an independent spell checker. Its main feature is that it does a much better job of coming up with possible suggestions than just about any other spell checker out there 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.

We can use yum or dnf to install aspell on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install aspell.

Install aspell on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install aspell using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install aspell

Install aspell on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install aspell using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install aspell

How To Uninstall aspell on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove aspell

aspell Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/aspell
/usr/bin/ispell
/usr/bin/precat
/usr/bin/preunzip
/usr/bin/prezip
/usr/bin/prezip-bin
/usr/bin/run-with-aspell
/usr/bin/spell
/usr/bin/word-list-compress
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/2fcd3044fca8ad7f08daefed8cbd1be64601d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/1886dc56e39c5a5192c7284336508aa395d70c
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/99bc6048aea733564c7ab3a67e9ed04c00534a
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/861ee03dfed5cfb16d63f4388a6f371de588b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/fdbc69a05b2601492823229ab723b5a04e6050
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/0d9e41fb629c77bc4e63ede83c7e8822792df4
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/dee9236d54525b70a3c561e034a749d8cfd53a
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/39030bed7dc1bf90b84cca681809203a50a302
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/490423e463c8025fdde1efdad2e35300b4bcd6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/05f75058652f6b386fd522805b032e789a1d1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/efce34c65b9d6732af5184dde7ac1afbb010c7
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/ccpp.amf
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/comment.amf
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/context-filter.info
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/context-filter.so
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1250.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1250.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1251.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1251.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1252.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1252.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1253.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1253.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1254.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1254.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1255.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1255.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1256.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1256.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1257.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1257.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1258.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/cp1258.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/dvorak.kbd
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/email-filter.info
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/email-filter.so
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/email.amf
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/html-filter.info
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/html.amf
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-1.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-1.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-10.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-10.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-11.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-11.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-13.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-13.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-14.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-14.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-15.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-15.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-16.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-16.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-2.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-2.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-3.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-3.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-4.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-4.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-5.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-5.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-6.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-6.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-7.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-7.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-8.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-8.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-9.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-9.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/koi8-r.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/koi8-r.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/koi8-u.cmap
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/koi8-u.cset
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/none.amf
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/nroff-filter.info
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/nroff-filter.so
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/nroff.amf
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/perl.amf
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/sgml-filter.info
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/sgml-filter.so
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/sgml.amf
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/split.kbd
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/standard.kbd
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/tex-filter.info
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/tex-filter.so
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/tex.amf
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/texinfo-filter.info
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/texinfo-filter.so
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/texinfo.amf
/usr/lib64/aspell-0.60/url.amf
/usr/lib64/libaspell.so.15
/usr/lib64/libaspell.so.15.1.5
/usr/lib64/libpspell.so.15
/usr/lib64/libpspell.so.15.1.5
/usr/share/doc/aspell
/usr/share/doc/aspell/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/aspell/README
/usr/share/doc/aspell/TODO
/usr/share/doc/aspell/aspell-import
/usr/share/doc/aspell/aspell-import.1
/usr/share/info/aspell.info.gz
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/aspell.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/prezip-bin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/run-with-aspell.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/word-list-compress.1.gz
/usr/bin/aspell
/usr/bin/ispell
/usr/bin/precat
/usr/bin/preunzip
/usr/bin/prezip
/usr/bin/prezip-bin
/usr/bin/run-with-aspell
/usr/bin/spell
/usr/bin/word-list-compress
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/50d985c8ad78bd8b09d64b423fa2fd10438cf4
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/4c3264814cf4921b4935c88411f35221861f52
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/da48b4e0b4e4844765f826308e338e0da8fae6
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/456e11b3401944583db2a39690b3e004e27037
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/db19076bfdeb80c5c878a018622f3cadc9bc08
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/249293ba330e98294f0af3d623d0355468431c
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/db2705a836c264cc6d3866ddf830ea02982f8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/0ebd727ebe680e4a2c1eec7f4d33aa8f0ac886
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/c34b6511eb5caabba9ea4bbb9c571e4f640a04
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/9353ba2c0dab6346acbd4e12ed97956c014358
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/069b492e293eca500f3621862b87df3b8d633c
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/ccpp.amf
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/comment.amf
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/context-filter.info
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/context-filter.so
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1250.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1250.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1251.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1251.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1252.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1252.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1253.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1253.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1254.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1254.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1255.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1255.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1256.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1256.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1257.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1257.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1258.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/cp1258.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/dvorak.kbd
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/email-filter.info
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/email-filter.so
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/email.amf
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/html-filter.info
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/html.amf
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-1.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-1.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-10.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-10.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-11.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-11.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-13.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-13.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-14.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-14.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-15.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-15.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-16.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-16.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-2.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-2.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-3.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-3.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-4.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-4.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-5.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-5.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-6.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-6.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-7.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-7.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-8.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-8.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-9.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/iso-8859-9.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/koi8-r.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/koi8-r.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/koi8-u.cmap
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/koi8-u.cset
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/none.amf
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/nroff-filter.info
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/nroff-filter.so
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/nroff.amf
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/perl.amf
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/sgml-filter.info
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/sgml-filter.so
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/sgml.amf
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/split.kbd
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/standard.kbd
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/tex-filter.info
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/tex-filter.so
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/tex.amf
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/texinfo-filter.info
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/texinfo-filter.so
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/texinfo.amf
/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/url.amf
/usr/lib/libaspell.so.15
/usr/lib/libaspell.so.15.1.5
/usr/lib/libpspell.so.15
/usr/lib/libpspell.so.15.1.5
/usr/share/doc/aspell
/usr/share/doc/aspell/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/aspell/README
/usr/share/doc/aspell/TODO
/usr/share/doc/aspell/aspell-import
/usr/share/doc/aspell/aspell-import.1
/usr/share/info/aspell.info.gz
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/aspell.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/aspell.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/prezip-bin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/run-with-aspell.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/word-list-compress.1.gz

References

aspell website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.