How To Install wswiss on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wswiss on Debian 12.
What is wswiss
wswiss is:
This is a wordlist with the new German orthography (de-CH-1996), which is used since 1998-08-01 and which is obligatory as of 2005-08-01.
It is based on the famous hkgerman dictionary (using the old German orthography, which is available as wogerman), with many corrections and additions.
Most notably this variant supports swiss spelling. This includes some Swiss words, as well as ss instead of German sz ligature.
There are three methods to install wswiss 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 wswiss Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wswiss using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wswiss
Install wswiss Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wswiss using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wswiss
Install wswiss 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 wswiss using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wswiss
How To Uninstall wswiss on Debian 12
To uninstall only the wswiss package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wswiss
Uninstall wswiss And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wswiss and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wswiss
Remove wswiss Configurations and Data
To remove wswiss configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wswiss
Remove wswiss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wswiss configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wswiss
Dependencies
wswiss have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wswiss package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.