How To Install scid-spell-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scid-spell-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is scid-spell-data
scid-spell-data is:
spelling corrections for maintaining scid chess databases. They can be used to correct and identify player names, events and ratings in chess databases. This is necessary, because large databases come from various sources and only with spell corrected files there is a chance to identify duplicate database entries.
There are three methods to install scid-spell-data 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 scid-spell-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scid-spell-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scid-spell-data
Install scid-spell-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scid-spell-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scid-spell-data
Install scid-spell-data 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 scid-spell-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scid-spell-data
How To Uninstall scid-spell-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the scid-spell-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scid-spell-data
Uninstall scid-spell-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scid-spell-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scid-spell-data
Remove scid-spell-data Configurations and Data
To remove scid-spell-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scid-spell-data
Remove scid-spell-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scid-spell-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scid-spell-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scid-spell-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
