How To Install libenchant-2-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libenchant-2-dev on Kali Linux. libenchant-2-dev is Wrapper library for various spell checker engines (development)

Introduction

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

What is libenchant-2-dev

libenchant-2-dev 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 files needed for development with Enchant.

There are three methods to install libenchant-2-dev 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install libenchant-2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libenchant-2-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libenchant-2-dev

How To Uninstall libenchant-2-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libenchant-2-dev

Uninstall libenchant-2-dev And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove libenchant-2-dev Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libenchant-2-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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