How To Install libnuspell4 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnuspell4 on Kali Linux. libnuspell4 is spell checker (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnuspell4 on Kali Linux.

What is libnuspell4

libnuspell4 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 shared library.

There are three methods to install libnuspell4 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 libnuspell4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnuspell4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnuspell4

Install libnuspell4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnuspell4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnuspell4

Install libnuspell4 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 libnuspell4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnuspell4

How To Uninstall libnuspell4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnuspell4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnuspell4

Uninstall libnuspell4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnuspell4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnuspell4

Remove libnuspell4 Configurations and Data

To remove libnuspell4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnuspell4

Remove libnuspell4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnuspell4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnuspell4

Dependencies

libnuspell4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnuspell4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.