How To Install ibritish on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibritish on Ubuntu 22.04. ibritish is British English dictionary for ispell (standard version)

Introduction

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

What is ibritish

ibritish is:

This package provides the standard, medium-sized British English dictionary, based on the britishmed+ dictionary supplied with the source for ispell, with additional words added from the more comprehensive wbritish word list package.

There are also -small, -large, -huge, and -insane versions of this dictionary, and there are iamerican* packages as well.

The package also suggests wbritish because ispell’s (L)ookup command needs a word list.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ibritish

Install ibritish Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ibritish

Install ibritish 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 ibritish using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ibritish

How To Uninstall ibritish on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ibritish

Uninstall ibritish And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ibritish

Remove ibritish Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ibritish

Remove ibritish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ibritish

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Summary

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