How to Install and Uninstall hunspell Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the hunspell on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "hunspell" package

Learn how to install hunspell on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall hunspell on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: hunspell
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7.0-4build1
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: 175
Depends: hunspell-en-us | hunspell-dictionary | myspell-dictionary, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libhunspell-1.7-0, libncursesw6 (>= 6), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: unzip
Filename: pool/universe/h/hunspell/hunspell_1.7.0-4build1_amd64.deb
Size: 67924
MD5sum: 422b6d49238a9963038aaba5722c0f44
SHA1: 043a1ea97b1cf2bc17c95c2a6d5260f075be1c93
SHA256: d9e3639f59db5dd20460d9ba8380f6ea38ec3e8fc0f0e9c478a89a682ee3615a
SHA512: 1c854e390b556baab0b873f0f6107a78e8b8b3a00a51450c480e90ab7fe889ec789a3d1e7a939a5f21350788ecab5124077d6d473c2dd13a9553e1c66a8cc2a0
Homepage: https://hunspell.github.io/
Description: spell checker and morphological analyzer (program)
Description-md5: 0cb13f3fed802d47e7c5bf5a7e7a6f5b
Task: ubuntustudio-publishing