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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "hunspell" package

This tutorial shows how to install hunspell on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall hunspell on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: hunspell
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.2-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian LibreOffice Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 199
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libhunspell-1.6-0, libncursesw5 (>= 6), libreadline7 (>= 6.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo5 (>= 6), hunspell-en-us | hunspell-dictionary | myspell-dictionary
Suggests: unzip
Filename: pool/universe/h/hunspell/hunspell_1.6.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 62470
MD5sum: ec30667904b942644b4bae65427e7192
SHA1: 3595ebe0aab410d8fecec223ad2acb71d6e5ec3c
SHA256: f9f016a70b128c03b2018f354ce217b9b1143c32c8f20c72716d1955e3b57c51
Homepage: http://hunspell.github.io/
Description: spell checker and morphological analyzer (program)
Description-md5: 0cb13f3fed802d47e7c5bf5a7e7a6f5b
Task: ubuntustudio-publishing