How To Install python3-hunspell on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-hunspell on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-hunspell is Python 3 binding for Hunspell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hunspell on Debian 12.

What is python3-hunspell

python3-hunspell is:

Pyhunspell is a set of Python bindings for the Hunspell spell-checker engine. It lets developers load Hunspell dictionaries, check words, get suggestions, add new words, etc. It also provides some basic morphological analysis related methods.

This package provides the binding to Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-hunspell on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-hunspell Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-hunspell using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-hunspell

Install python3-hunspell Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-hunspell using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-hunspell

Install python3-hunspell 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-hunspell using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-hunspell

How To Uninstall python3-hunspell on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-hunspell package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-hunspell

Uninstall python3-hunspell And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-hunspell and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-hunspell

Remove python3-hunspell Configurations and Data

To remove python3-hunspell configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-hunspell

Remove python3-hunspell configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-hunspell configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-hunspell

Dependencies

python3-hunspell have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hunspell package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.