How To Install libhunspell-1.7-0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhunspell-1.7-0 on Kali Linux. libhunspell-1.7-0 is spell checker and morphological analyzer (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhunspell-1.7-0 on Kali Linux.

What is libhunspell-1.7-0

libhunspell-1.7-0 is:

Hunspell is a spell checker and morphological analyzer library and program designed for languages with rich morphology and complex word compounding or character encoding. It is based on MySpell and features an Ispell-like terminal interface using Curses library, an Ispell pipe interface and an OpenOffice.org UNO module.

Main features:

  • Unicode support (first 65535 Unicode characters)
  • morphological analysis (in custom item and arrangement style)
  • Max. 65535 affix classes and twofold affix stripping (for agglutinative languages, like Azeri, Basque, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, etc.)
  • Support complex compoundings (for example, Hungarian and German)
  • Support language specific algorithms (for example, handling Azeri and Turkish dotted i, or German sharp s)
  • Handling conditional affixes, circumfixes, fogemorphemes, forbidden words, pseudoroots and homonyms.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libhunspell-1.7-0 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 libhunspell-1.7-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhunspell-1.7-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhunspell-1.7-0

Install libhunspell-1.7-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhunspell-1.7-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhunspell-1.7-0

Install libhunspell-1.7-0 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 libhunspell-1.7-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhunspell-1.7-0

How To Uninstall libhunspell-1.7-0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libhunspell-1.7-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhunspell-1.7-0

Uninstall libhunspell-1.7-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhunspell-1.7-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhunspell-1.7-0

Remove libhunspell-1.7-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libhunspell-1.7-0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhunspell-1.7-0

Remove libhunspell-1.7-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhunspell-1.7-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhunspell-1.7-0

Dependencies

libhunspell-1.7-0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhunspell-1.7-0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.