How To Install mwic on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mwic on Ubuntu 22.04. mwic is spell-checker to find misspellings and to show their contexts

Introduction

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

What is mwic

mwic is:

mwic, misspelled words in context, is a spell-checker that groups possible misspellings and shows them in their contexts. This is useful for checking technical documents that often contain words that are not included in standard dictionaries.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mwic

Install mwic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mwic

Install mwic 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 mwic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mwic

How To Uninstall mwic on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove mwic

Uninstall mwic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mwic

Remove mwic Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mwic

Remove mwic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mwic

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Summary

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