How To Install myspell-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is myspell-tools

myspell-tools is:

MySpell is a spell-checker as (and derived from) ispell.

This package contains a the munch/unmunch tools of hunspell and ispellaff2myspell for converting ispell affix files for myspell/hunspell format.

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

sudo apt-get -y install myspell-tools

Install myspell-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install myspell-tools

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

sudo aptitude -y install myspell-tools

How To Uninstall myspell-tools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove myspell-tools

Uninstall myspell-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove myspell-tools

Remove myspell-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge myspell-tools

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

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

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

Dependencies

myspell-tools have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• myspell-tools website

Summary

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