How To Install myspell-fr on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install myspell-fr on Kali Linux.

What is myspell-fr

myspell-fr is:

This is a French dictionary, to be used with myspell, version 3.1.04 and following. The dictionary contains roughly 50,000 roots, which expand to about 220,000 words.

This is the Martin Boyer and Hydro-Quebec version. You may prefer to use the GUTenberg version installed by the myspell-fr-gut package.

There are three methods to install myspell-fr 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 myspell-fr 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-fr using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install myspell-fr

Install myspell-fr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install myspell-fr

Install myspell-fr 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 myspell-fr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install myspell-fr

How To Uninstall myspell-fr on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove myspell-fr

Uninstall myspell-fr And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove myspell-fr

Remove myspell-fr Configurations and Data

To remove myspell-fr configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge myspell-fr

Remove myspell-fr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge myspell-fr

Dependencies

myspell-fr have the following dependencies:

• dictionaries-common

References

• myspell-fr website

Summary

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