How to Install and Uninstall dictionaries-common Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "dictionaries-common" package

This is a short guide on how to install dictionaries-common on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dictionaries-common
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dictionaries-common" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall dictionaries-common on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dictionaries-common package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: dictionaries-common
Architecture: all
Version: 1.28.4
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: 758
Provides: openoffice.org-updatedicts
Depends: debconf (>= 1.5.5) | debconf-2.0, libtext-iconv-perl, emacsen-common (>= 2.0.5)
Suggests: ispell | aspell | hunspell, wordlist
Breaks: hunspell-ar (<= 0.0.0+20080110-1.1), hunspell-da (<= 1:3.1.0), hunspell-de-at (<= 20100727-1), hunspell-de-ch (<= 20100727-1), hunspell-de-de (<= 20100727-1), hunspell-en-us (<= 20070829-4ubuntu2), hunspell-eu-es (<= 0.4.20081029-4), hunspell-gl-es (<= 2.2a-8), hunspell-kk (<= 1.1-1), hunspell-ko (<= 0.5.3-1), hunspell-se (<= 1.0~beta6.20081222-1.1), hunspell-uz (<= 0.6-3.1), hyphen-en-us (<< 2.8.3-1), myspell-bg (<= 3.0-12), myspell-ca (<= 0.6-10), myspell-cs (<= 20040229-5), myspell-cs-cz (<= 20040229-5), myspell-da (<= 1.6.25-1), myspell-de-at (<= 20100727-1), myspell-de-ch (<= 20100727-1), myspell-de-de (<= 20100727-1), myspell-de-de-oldspell (<= 1:2-27), myspell-el-gr (<= 0.8-1), myspell-en-au (<= 2.1-5), myspell-eo (<= 2.1.2000.02.25-42), myspell-es (<= 1.11-1), myspell-et (<= 1:20030606-12.1), myspell-eu-es (<= 0.4.20081029-4), myspell-fa (<= 0.20070816-2), myspell-fi (<= 0.7-17.3), myspell-fo (<= 0.2.44-2), myspell-fr (<= 1.4-25), myspell-fr-gut (<= 1:1.0-28), myspell-ga (<= 2.0-20), myspell-gd (<= 0.50-7), myspell-gl-es (<= 2.2a-8), myspell-gv (<= 0.50-9), myspell-he (<= 1.1-1), myspell-hr (<= 20060617-2), myspell-hu (<= 0.99.4-2), myspell-hy (<= 0.20.0-1), myspell-ku (<= 0.20.0-1.1), myspell-lv (<= 0.9.3-2), myspell-nb (<= 2.0.10-3.2), myspell-nl (<= 1:2.0-1), myspell-nn (<= 2.0.10-3.2), myspell-nr (<< 20070206-4ubuntu1), myspell-ns (<< 20070206-4ubuntu1), myspell-pl (<= 20100612-1), myspell-pt-br (<= 20101030-1), myspell-pt-pt (<= 20091013-2), myspell-ru (<= 0.99g5-8.1), myspell-sk (<= 0.5.5a-2.1fakesync1), myspell-sl (<< 1.0-3ubuntu1), myspell-ss (<< 20070206-4ubuntu1), myspell-sv-se (<= 1.3.8-6-2.2), myspell-tn (<< 20070206-4ubuntu1), myspell-ts (<< 20070207-4ubuntu1), myspell-uk (<= 1.6.0-1), myspell-ve (<< 20070206-3ubuntu1), myspell-xh (<< 20070206-4ubuntu1), myspell-zu (<< 20070207-5ubuntu1), mythes-it (<= 2.0.7.gh.deb1-3), openoffice.org-thesaurus-it (<< 2.0.7.gh.deb1-1.1ubuntu3)
Replaces: openoffice.org-updatedicts
Filename: pool/main/d/dictionaries-common/dictionaries-common_1.28.4_all.deb
Size: 178884
MD5sum: b0ca6834a5e4c15bfda8cf030b7569ce
SHA1: b18f30d589f938cfdf295147aed849bea71efafd
SHA256: 3a873f2d37ee39071c24304cf0e12540d1575ef1f07f01a7f9b2f82c548e50fe
SHA512: 6e5ca1aa4a6b68e870ea2a41201aae01c3f4b0d24f602973f2dc859d93b6dea409061e896196fd781eae0255466f02c2649bdcb75d7a5264b58b361611cc4d8b
Homepage: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dictionaries-common
Description-en: spelling dictionaries - common utilities
This package provides utilities shared between all wordlists and spelling
dictionaries for Ispell, Aspell, or MySpell/Hunspell. It also includes
support infrastructure for software using them (such as JED and Mutt),
and some patched spell-checking Lisp files for better Emacs integration.
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More information about the availability of these dictionaries and their
naming conventions is available in the README.Debian file.
Description-md5: 4a80be79c4a87f4adf4d30aa3462b5a7
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi