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

Last updated: May 02,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ispell" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install ispell on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall ispell 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 ispell package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ispell
Version: 3.4.05-1
Installed-Size: 381
Maintainer: Robert Luberda
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Recommends: iamerican | ispell-dictionary, wamerican | wordlist
Suggests: spell
Breaks: ifinnish (<= 0.7-17.3), ifinnish-large (<= 0.7-17.3)
Description: International Ispell (an interactive spelling corrector)
Description-md5: 577e95b1fdc6375f1bcda985b53bef21
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.cs.hmc.edu/~geoff/ispell.html
Tag: interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses,
use::checking, works-with::dictionary, works-with::text
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/ispell/ispell_3.4.05-1_amd64.deb
Size: 148792
MD5sum: 8a8c0c8f77af575a1f52c40ff0b0e9d5
SHA256: 82b118e77f0eb549709bffa2d5e3fcad32aed688d5a7049b94b38c01ebdcaa3b