How To Install aspell-de-1901 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell-de-1901 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is aspell-de-1901
aspell-de-1901 is:
This package contains German dictionaries for the aspell spell checker.
Dictionaries included are de_DE-1901 (de-1901/deutsch-alt/german-old) and de_CH-1901, all using the traditional German orthography. For the current orthography (de_DE-1996) see package aspell-de.
There are three methods to install aspell-de-1901 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 aspell-de-1901 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install aspell-de-1901 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install aspell-de-1901
Install aspell-de-1901 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install aspell-de-1901 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install aspell-de-1901
Install aspell-de-1901 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 aspell-de-1901 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install aspell-de-1901
How To Uninstall aspell-de-1901 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the aspell-de-1901 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove aspell-de-1901
Uninstall aspell-de-1901 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall aspell-de-1901 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove aspell-de-1901
Remove aspell-de-1901 Configurations and Data
To remove aspell-de-1901 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge aspell-de-1901
Remove aspell-de-1901 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove aspell-de-1901 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aspell-de-1901
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell-de-1901 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
