How To Install libgspell-1-2 on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgspell-1-2 on Ubuntu.

What is `libgspell-1-2`

libgspell-1-2 is:

gspell provides a flexible API to add spell checking to a GTK+ application. It features:

GObject wrappers around Enchant
An inline spell checker for GtkTextView (enhanced version of GtkSpell)
A spell checker dialog for GtkTextView
Support of the no-spell-check tag defined by GtkSourceView
Language choosers (button and dialog)

There are three methods to install libgspell-1-2 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgspell-1-2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgspell-1-2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgspell-1-2

Install libgspell-1-2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgspell-1-2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgspell-1-2

Install libgspell-1-2 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 libgspell-1-2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgspell-1-2

How To Uninstall libgspell-1-2 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libgspell-1-2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgspell-1-2

Uninstall libgspell-1-2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgspell-1-2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgspell-1-2

Remove libgspell-1-2 Configurations and Data

To remove libgspell-1-2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgspell-1-2

Remove libgspell-1-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgspell-1-2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgspell-1-2

Dependencies

libgspell-1-2 have the following dependencies:

References

libgspell-1-2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgspell-1-2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.