How to Install and Uninstall aspell Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "aspell" package

This is a short guide on how to install aspell on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall aspell on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                aspell
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the aspell package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: aspell
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Brian Nelson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 360
Provides: aspell-bin
Depends: libaspell15 (= 0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.2), libc6 (>= 2.14), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libtinfo5 (>= 6), dictionaries-common (>> 0.40)
Recommends: aspell-en | aspell-dictionary | aspell6a-dictionary
Suggests: aspell-doc, spellutils
Breaks: aspell-bin (<< 0.60.3-2)
Replaces: aspell-bin (<< 0.60.3-2), aspell-hi (<= 0.01-1), aspell-mr (<= 0.10-1)
Filename: pool/main/a/aspell/aspell_0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 87748
MD5sum: 78f86118737b7677ed830ed164bae023
SHA1: 17cb6cfad56cc6c03cd20be6c390e39d5b3af468
SHA256: ebb0860027d4b4b02e35d5a40b4f4c848d8182dd0fbffea97c8676638311c9cd
SHA512: 38abe770a4a6dea993971f74630ccc77cd1d3d6ca5d3aee14cace1575a95ab7a996570feacca55d7e335e2dc485051278c9a1ed31fab589c92c02c3abb88ae61
Homepage: http://aspell.net/
Description: GNU Aspell spell-checker
Description-md5: 21dcab5448cba7f61ba8df4ace46f1af
Task: ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop-share, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: aspell
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.60.7~20110707-4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Brian Nelson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 360
Provides: aspell-bin
Depends: libaspell15 (= 0.60.7~20110707-4), libc6 (>= 2.14), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libtinfo5 (>= 6), dictionaries-common (>> 0.40)
Recommends: aspell-en | aspell-dictionary | aspell6a-dictionary
Suggests: aspell-doc, spellutils
Breaks: aspell-bin (<< 0.60.3-2)
Replaces: aspell-bin (<< 0.60.3-2), aspell-hi (<= 0.01-1), aspell-mr (<= 0.10-1)
Filename: pool/main/a/aspell/aspell_0.60.7~20110707-4_amd64.deb
Size: 77130
MD5sum: 0f0559c7be0ef75b8f4aa4020f700393
SHA1: 1a4bdfd34c74fb1d1127a4fbe9b148fa04e3fae3
SHA256: 1e213477c43d6b43dbe271b378eade7afeab721f0d1abfedf1c48152693a8c00
Homepage: http://aspell.net/
Description: GNU Aspell spell-checker
Description-md5: 21dcab5448cba7f61ba8df4ace46f1af
Task: ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop-share, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y