How To Install libenchant-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libenchant-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libenchant-dev
libenchant-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-dev 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 libenchant-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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libenchant-dev
Install libenchant-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libenchant-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libenchant-dev
Install libenchant-dev 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 libenchant-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libenchant-dev
How To Uninstall libenchant-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libenchant-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libenchant-dev
Uninstall libenchant-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libenchant-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libenchant-dev
Remove libenchant-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libenchant-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libenchant-dev
Remove libenchant-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libenchant-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libenchant-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libenchant-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
