How to Install and Uninstall aspell Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "aspell" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install aspell on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall aspell on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: aspell
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.60.8-1ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Agustin Martin Domingo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 380
Provides: aspell-bin
Depends: libaspell15 (= 0.60.8-1ubuntu0.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libtinfo6 (>= 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_0.60.8-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 88368
MD5sum: 1dc371a9591908466872e47e66dc51e0
SHA1: e9e6a20c65f99255c362288e52e0c66e6e86e5e8
SHA256: 26c39500cacc2d081fbe36079f730ec89e7c64cac5ac2035007e4b9dd78b74cc
SHA512: 1adfa408f4e33361170b5cfaf7f3f539062e03ead17d910c63971eae5a6a110df0d203b5b9dd0f702bdf4371cab261b56cd615a9802635a8d850ddf6b7d2396b
Homepage: http://aspell.net/
Description: GNU Aspell spell-checker
Description-md5: 21dcab5448cba7f61ba8df4ace46f1af
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: aspell
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.60.8-1build1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Agustin Martin Domingo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 380
Provides: aspell-bin
Depends: libaspell15 (= 0.60.8-1build1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libtinfo6 (>= 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_0.60.8-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 88328
MD5sum: 9063dedda212c5796c3af18ae4f74af7
SHA1: 3042fcda803553ccf485c0a2af0cb188e3f94fa0
SHA256: 8af3910fd31ad3d9768717957cd16c2b15df8ae07fe9723baffe0e2d5c3e53d1
Homepage: http://aspell.net/
Description: GNU Aspell spell-checker
Description-md5: 21dcab5448cba7f61ba8df4ace46f1af
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop