How To Install hfst-ospell-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install hfst-ospell-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. hfst-ospell-dev is HFST spell checker development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hfst-ospell-dev on Debian 12.

What is hfst-ospell-dev

hfst-ospell-dev is:

Minimal HFST optimized lookup format based spell checker library and a demonstrational implementation of command line based spell checker.

This package provides development headers and libraries for hfst-ospell.

There are three methods to install hfst-ospell-dev 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 hfst-ospell-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hfst-ospell-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hfst-ospell-dev

Install hfst-ospell-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hfst-ospell-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hfst-ospell-dev

Install hfst-ospell-dev 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 hfst-ospell-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hfst-ospell-dev

How To Uninstall hfst-ospell-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the hfst-ospell-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hfst-ospell-dev

Uninstall hfst-ospell-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hfst-ospell-dev

Remove hfst-ospell-dev Configurations and Data

To remove hfst-ospell-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hfst-ospell-dev

Remove hfst-ospell-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hfst-ospell-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hfst-ospell-dev

Dependencies

hfst-ospell-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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