How To Install spell on Debian 12

Learn how to install spell on Debian 12 with this tutorial. spell is GNU Spell, a clone of Unix `spell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spell on Debian 12.

What is spell

spell is:

GNU Spell is a spelling checking program which prints each misspelled word on a line of its own. It is designed as a clone of the standard Unix `spell' program, and implemented as a wrapper for Ispell.

Spell accepts as its arguments a list of files to read from. Within that list, the magical file name `-’ causes Spell to read from standard input. In addition, when called with no file name arguments, Spell assumes that it should process standard input.

There are three methods to install spell 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 spell Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install spell

Install spell Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install spell

Install spell 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 spell using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spell

How To Uninstall spell on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove spell

Uninstall spell And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spell

Remove spell Configurations and Data

To remove spell configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge spell

Remove spell configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spell

Dependencies

spell have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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