How To Install hunspell on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hunspell on AlmaLinux 8.
What is hunspell
Hunspell is a spell checker and morphological analyzer library and program designed for languages with rich morphology and complex word compounding or character encoding. Hunspell interfaces Curses library, Ispell pipe interface, LibreOffice UNO module.
We can use yum or dnf to install hunspell on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hunspell.
Install hunspell on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install hunspell using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install hunspell
Install hunspell on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install hunspell using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hunspell
How To Uninstall hunspell on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the hunspell package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove hunspell
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hunspell on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
