How To Install libnuspell-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnuspell-dev on Debian 12.
What is libnuspell-dev
libnuspell-dev is:
Nuspell is a free and open source spell checker that is written in modern C++. It is designed for languages with rich morphology and complex word compounding.
Main features are:
- Full unicode support backed by ICU
- Backward compatibility with Hunspell dictionary file format
- Twofold affix stripping (for agglutinative languages, like Azeri, Basque, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, etc.)
- Support complex compounds (for example, Hungarian, German and Dutch)
- Support language specific features (for example, special casing of Azeri and Turkish dotted i, or German sharp s)
- Handle conditional affixes, circumfixes, fogemorphemes, forbidden words, pseudoroots and homonyms.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libnuspell-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnuspell-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 libnuspell-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnuspell-dev
Install libnuspell-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnuspell-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnuspell-dev
Install libnuspell-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libnuspell-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnuspell-dev
How To Uninstall libnuspell-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libnuspell-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnuspell-dev
Uninstall libnuspell-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnuspell-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnuspell-dev
Remove libnuspell-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnuspell-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnuspell-dev
Remove libnuspell-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnuspell-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnuspell-dev
Dependencies
libnuspell-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnuspell-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
