Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell-et on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is aspell-et
aspell-et is:
This dictionary provides Estonian wordlists for the Aspell
spellchecker currently supported by GNOME applications.
The wordlists are based on work by the Institute of the Estonian Language,
and subsequently improved by Jaak Pruulmann who also created the affix file.
There are three methods to install aspell-et on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-et 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-et using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install aspell-et
Install aspell-et Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install aspell-et using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install aspell-et
Install aspell-et 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-et using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install aspell-et
How To Uninstall aspell-et on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the aspell-et package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove aspell-et
Uninstall aspell-et And Its Dependencies
To uninstall aspell-et and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove aspell-et
Remove aspell-et Configurations and Data
To remove aspell-et configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge aspell-et
Remove aspell-et configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove aspell-et configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aspell-et
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aspell-et package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
