How To Install raspell on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install raspell on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is raspell
raspell is:
raspell is an interface binding for the Aspell spelling checker written in Ruby. It allows one to use the Aspell spelling checker from Ruby source code.
There are three methods to install raspell 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 raspell Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install raspell using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install raspell
Install raspell Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install raspell using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install raspell
Install raspell 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 raspell using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install raspell
How To Uninstall raspell on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the raspell package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove raspell
Uninstall raspell And Its Dependencies
To uninstall raspell and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove raspell
Remove raspell Configurations and Data
To remove raspell configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge raspell
Remove raspell configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove raspell configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge raspell
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install raspell package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
