How To Install libpspell-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libpspell-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libpspell-dev is Development files for applications with pspell support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpspell-dev on Debian 10.

What is libpspell-dev

libpspell-dev is:

This package contains the headers and static libraries for developing applications with portable spell-checking interface (pspell) support.

You need this package ONLY if you plan to build applications that link against the pspell static libraries. You do not have to install this package if all you want to do is use the Aspell program to spell-check.

There are three methods to install libpspell-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpspell-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 libpspell-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpspell-dev

Install libpspell-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpspell-dev

Install libpspell-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 libpspell-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpspell-dev

How To Uninstall libpspell-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libpspell-dev

Uninstall libpspell-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpspell-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpspell-dev

Remove libpspell-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpspell-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpspell-dev

Remove libpspell-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpspell-dev

Dependencies

libpspell-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpspell-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.