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