How To Install myspell-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install myspell-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 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-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install myspell-tools
How To Uninstall myspell-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install myspell-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.