How To Install iirish on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install iirish on Ubuntu 22.04. iirish is Irish (Gaeilge) dictionary for ispell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iirish on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is iirish

iirish is:

This is an Irish dictionary for the ispell spell-checker program. The dictionary has about 26,000 words, conforming strictly to standardised Irish spelling.

There are three methods to install iirish on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install iirish Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install iirish

Install iirish Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install iirish

Install iirish 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 iirish using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install iirish

How To Uninstall iirish on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove iirish

Uninstall iirish And Its Dependencies

To uninstall iirish and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove iirish

Remove iirish Configurations and Data

To remove iirish configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge iirish

Remove iirish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iirish

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iirish package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.