How To Install iswiss on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iswiss on Kali Linux.

What is iswiss

iswiss is:

This is a dictionary for ispell for the new German orthography (de-CH-1996), which is used since 1998-08-01 and which is obligatory as of 2005-08-01.

It is based on the famous hkgerman dictionary (using the old German orthography, which is available as iogerman), with many corrections and additions.

This particular rendering supports swiss spelling. This includes some Swiss words, as well as ss instead of German sz ligature.

There are three methods to install iswiss on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install iswiss Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install iswiss

Install iswiss Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install iswiss using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install iswiss

Install iswiss Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install iswiss using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install iswiss

How To Uninstall iswiss on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the iswiss package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove iswiss

Uninstall iswiss And Its Dependencies

To uninstall iswiss and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove iswiss

Remove iswiss Configurations and Data

To remove iswiss configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge iswiss

Remove iswiss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iswiss

Dependencies

iswiss have the following dependencies:

• dictionaries-common
• ispell
• debconf

References

• iswiss website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iswiss package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.