How To Install hyphen-pl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyphen-pl on Ubuntu 18.04. hyphen-pl is Polish hyphenation patterns for LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyphen-pl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is hyphen-pl

hyphen-pl is:

Openoffice.org is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.

This package contains the Polish hyphenation patterns for LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org

There are three methods to install hyphen-pl 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 hyphen-pl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hyphen-pl

Install hyphen-pl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hyphen-pl

Install hyphen-pl 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 hyphen-pl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hyphen-pl

How To Uninstall hyphen-pl on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the hyphen-pl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hyphen-pl

Uninstall hyphen-pl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hyphen-pl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hyphen-pl

Remove hyphen-pl Configurations and Data

To remove hyphen-pl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hyphen-pl

Remove hyphen-pl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hyphen-pl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyphen-pl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.