How To Install libaspell15 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaspell15 on Kali Linux.

What is libaspell15

libaspell15 is:

These are the runtime parts of the Aspell and pspell spell-checking toolkits, needed by applications that use the toolkits at runtime.

For a standalone spell-checker, install aspell as well.

There are three methods to install libaspell15 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 libaspell15 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libaspell15 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libaspell15

Install libaspell15 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libaspell15 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libaspell15

Install libaspell15 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 libaspell15 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaspell15

How To Uninstall libaspell15 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libaspell15 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaspell15

Uninstall libaspell15 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libaspell15 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaspell15

Remove libaspell15 Configurations and Data

To remove libaspell15 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libaspell15

Remove libaspell15 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libaspell15 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaspell15

Dependencies

libaspell15 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libstdc++6

References

• libaspell15 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaspell15 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.