How To Install nuspell on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nuspell on Ubuntu 22.04. nuspell is spell checker (program)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nuspell on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is nuspell

nuspell is:

Nuspell is a free and open source spell checker that is written in modern C++. It is designed for languages with rich morphology and complex word compounding.

Main features are:

  • Full unicode support backed by ICU
  • Backward compatibility with Hunspell dictionary file format
  • Twofold affix stripping (for agglutinative languages, like Azeri, Basque, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, etc.)
  • Support complex compounds (for example, Hungarian, German and Dutch)
  • Support language specific features (for example, special casing of Azeri and Turkish dotted i, or German sharp s)
  • Handle conditional affixes, circumfixes, fogemorphemes, forbidden words, pseudoroots and homonyms.

This package contains the command-line program.

There are three methods to install nuspell on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nuspell Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nuspell

Install nuspell Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nuspell using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nuspell

Install nuspell 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 nuspell using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nuspell

How To Uninstall nuspell on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the nuspell package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nuspell

Uninstall nuspell And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nuspell and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nuspell

Remove nuspell Configurations and Data

To remove nuspell configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nuspell

Remove nuspell configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nuspell

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nuspell package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.