How To Install myspell-de-de-1901 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install myspell-de-de-1901 on Ubuntu 18.04. myspell-de-de-1901 is Traditional German dictionary for myspell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install myspell-de-de-1901 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is myspell-de-de-1901

myspell-de-de-1901 is:

This is the German (Germany) dictionary for use with the myspell and hunspell spellchecker.

This dictionary refers to the traditional German orthography (de-DE-1901). For the current orthography (de-DE-1996) see packages myspell-de-de or hunspell-de-de.

There are three methods to install myspell-de-de-1901 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 myspell-de-de-1901 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install myspell-de-de-1901 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install myspell-de-de-1901

Install myspell-de-de-1901 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install myspell-de-de-1901 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install myspell-de-de-1901

Install myspell-de-de-1901 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 myspell-de-de-1901 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install myspell-de-de-1901

How To Uninstall myspell-de-de-1901 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the myspell-de-de-1901 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove myspell-de-de-1901

Uninstall myspell-de-de-1901 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall myspell-de-de-1901 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove myspell-de-de-1901

Remove myspell-de-de-1901 Configurations and Data

To remove myspell-de-de-1901 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge myspell-de-de-1901

Remove myspell-de-de-1901 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove myspell-de-de-1901 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge myspell-de-de-1901

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install myspell-de-de-1901 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.