How To Install dictionaries-common on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install dictionaries-common on Debian 11. dictionaries-common is spelling dictionaries - common utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dictionaries-common on Debian 11.

What is dictionaries-common

dictionaries-common is:

This package provides utilities shared between all wordlists and spelling dictionaries for Ispell, Aspell, or MySpell/Hunspell. It also includes support infrastructure for software using them (such as JED and Mutt), and some patched spell-checking Lisp files for better Emacs integration.

More information about the availability of these dictionaries and their naming conventions is available in the README.Debian file.

There are three methods to install dictionaries-common 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 dictionaries-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dictionaries-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dictionaries-common

Install dictionaries-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dictionaries-common

Install dictionaries-common 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 dictionaries-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dictionaries-common

How To Uninstall dictionaries-common on Debian 11

To uninstall only the dictionaries-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dictionaries-common

Uninstall dictionaries-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dictionaries-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dictionaries-common

Remove dictionaries-common Configurations and Data

To remove dictionaries-common configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dictionaries-common

Remove dictionaries-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dictionaries-common

Dependencies

dictionaries-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dictionaries-common package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.