How to Install and Uninstall aspell Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 14,2024

You can also install and uninstall the aspell on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "aspell" package

This is a short guide on how to install aspell on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "aspell" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall aspell on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the aspell package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: aspell
Source: aspell (0.60.8-4)
Version: 0.60.8-4+b1
Installed-Size: 1338
Maintainer: Agustin Martin Domingo
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: aspell-bin (<< 0.60.3-2)
Provides: aspell-bin
Depends: libaspell15 (= 0.60.8-4+b1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libtinfo6 (>= 6), dictionaries-common
Recommends: aspell-en | aspell-dictionary | aspell6a-dictionary
Suggests: aspell-doc, spellutils
Breaks: aspell-bin (<< 0.60.3-2)
Description: GNU Aspell spell-checker
Description-md5: 21dcab5448cba7f61ba8df4ace46f1af
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://aspell.net/
Tag: role::program, suite::gnu, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::checking,
works-with::dictionary, works-with::text
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/aspell/aspell_0.60.8-4+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 266036
MD5sum: ceef0f63a7b452cd331476b657890de5
SHA256: 5112bc4a1df2ffd67b28c886bffc2cc03b4bdd72874295cadcf8181e1c5d989a