How To Install hunspell-fr-comprehensive on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hunspell-fr-comprehensive on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is hunspell-fr-comprehensive
hunspell-fr-comprehensive is:
This dictionary includes both the old and the new spelling for the words that were affected by the 1990 reform.
For an overview of the available French dictionaries, see the description of the hunspell-fr package.
There are three methods to install hunspell-fr-comprehensive on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hunspell-fr-comprehensive Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hunspell-fr-comprehensive using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hunspell-fr-comprehensive
Install hunspell-fr-comprehensive Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hunspell-fr-comprehensive using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hunspell-fr-comprehensive
Install hunspell-fr-comprehensive 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install hunspell-fr-comprehensive using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hunspell-fr-comprehensive
How To Uninstall hunspell-fr-comprehensive on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the hunspell-fr-comprehensive package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hunspell-fr-comprehensive
Uninstall hunspell-fr-comprehensive And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hunspell-fr-comprehensive and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hunspell-fr-comprehensive
Remove hunspell-fr-comprehensive Configurations and Data
To remove hunspell-fr-comprehensive configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hunspell-fr-comprehensive
Remove hunspell-fr-comprehensive configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hunspell-fr-comprehensive configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hunspell-fr-comprehensive
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hunspell-fr-comprehensive package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
