How to Install and Uninstall libenchant-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "libenchant-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libenchant-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libenchant-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libenchant-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libenchant-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libenchant-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libenchant-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libenchant-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 246
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Prach Pongpanich
Architecture: amd64
Source: enchant
Version: 1.6.0-10.1build2
Depends: libenchant1c2a (= 1.6.0-10.1build2), libglib2.0-dev
Filename: pool/main/e/enchant/libenchant-dev_1.6.0-10.1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 52530
MD5sum: 4a71c11dc6c1aba29134b853caec72ae
SHA1: 33a1c47cdb048648f1ba67d560dc3abfd3f1dddc
SHA256: 7ff275d91ee6bbd690b1d6deba380e59fbf2e699a024799db1efb3de72e24510
Description-en: Wrapper library for various spell checker engines (development)
Enchant is a generic spell checking library which uses existing
spell checker engines such as ispell, aspell and myspell as its backends.
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Enchant steps in to provide uniformity and conformity on top of these
libraries, and implement certain features that may be lacking in any
individual provider library.
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This package contains files needed for development with Enchant.
Description-md5: b2620cb0d943a1db9ccdedf63e68ee00
Homepage: http://www.abisource.com/projects/enchant/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m