How To Install libenchant-2-2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libenchant-2-2 on Kali Linux.

What is libenchant-2-2

libenchant-2-2 is:

Enchant is a generic spell checking library which uses existing spell checker engines such as ispell, aspell and myspell as its backends.

Enchant steps in to provide uniformity and conformity on top of these libraries, and implement certain features that may be lacking in any individual provider library.

This package contains the shared library and non-Voikko enchant plugins.

There are three methods to install libenchant-2-2 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 libenchant-2-2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libenchant-2-2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libenchant-2-2

Install libenchant-2-2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libenchant-2-2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libenchant-2-2

Install libenchant-2-2 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 libenchant-2-2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libenchant-2-2

How To Uninstall libenchant-2-2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libenchant-2-2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libenchant-2-2

Uninstall libenchant-2-2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libenchant-2-2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libenchant-2-2

Remove libenchant-2-2 Configurations and Data

To remove libenchant-2-2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libenchant-2-2

Remove libenchant-2-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libenchant-2-2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libenchant-2-2

Dependencies

libenchant-2-2 have the following dependencies:

• hunspell-en-us
• libaspell15
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libglib2.0-0
• libhunspell-1.7-0
• libstdc++6
• zlib1g

References

• libenchant-2-2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libenchant-2-2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.