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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "ispell" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install ispell on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall ispell on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ispell
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ispell package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: ispell
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.4.00-8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Robert Luberda
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 383
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Recommends: iamerican | ispell-dictionary, wamerican | wordlist
Suggests: spell
Breaks: iamerican (<= 3.1.20.0-9), ibritish (<= 3.1.20.0-9), ibulgarian (<= 3.0-12), iczech (<= 20040229-5), idanish (<= 1.6.25-1), iestonian (<= 1:20030606-12.1), ifinnish (<= 0.7-17.3), ifinnish-large (<= 0.7-17.3), ifrench (<= 1.4-25), ifrench-gut (<= 1:1.0-27), igaelic (<= 0.50-7), ihungarian (<= 0.99.4-2), iirish (<= 2.0-20), iitalian (<= 1:2.3-2), imanx (<= 0.50-8), inorwegian (<= 2.0.10-3.2), iogerman (<= 1:2-26), ipolish (<= 20100612-1), irussian (<= 0.99g5-8.1), iswedish (<= 1.4.5-2), iukrainian (<= 1.6.0-1)
Filename: pool/universe/i/ispell/ispell_3.4.00-8_amd64.deb
Size: 128188
MD5sum: 5342a34721cee281952572bed1a2962c
SHA1: e3d5a87d5004f98e339943e75c9a1a60cd5f70ae
SHA256: 8011dc72a682e4d066af6a71685881872c80ff4fee352ee24b9767d326055e5c
Homepage: https://www.cs.hmc.edu/~geoff/ispell.html
Description: International Ispell (an interactive spelling corrector)
Description-md5: 577e95b1fdc6375f1bcda985b53bef21