How to Install and Uninstall wswiss Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "wswiss" package

This is a short guide on how to install wswiss on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall wswiss on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: wswiss
Priority: optional
Section: text
Installed-Size: 4584
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Roland Rosenfeld
Architecture: all
Source: igerman98
Version: 20151222-1
Provides: wordlist
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, dictionaries-common (>= 1.0), perl
Filename: pool/main/i/igerman98/wswiss_20151222-1_all.deb
Size: 681442
MD5sum: 2c6171d0356184ef263d7a64557c463b
SHA1: bd61e9454f4e47ff6d0ff1b247a594c08d8c8bd3
SHA256: 8b3a09417ace05ed79579a5d9359d3d427ebdd69788c9ba9bbd411ee85dfb10b
Description-en: Swiss (German) orthography wordlist
This is a wordlist with the new German orthography (de-CH-1996), which
is used since 1998-08-01 and which is obligatory as of 2005-08-01.
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It is based on the famous hkgerman dictionary (using the old German
orthography, which is available as wogerman), with many corrections
and additions.
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This particular rendering supports swiss spelling. This includes some
Swiss words, as well as ss instead of German sz ligature.
Description-md5: 5bdced0dadba3b35f0cee78805b3229c
Homepage: https://www.j3e.de/ispell/igerman98/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-live, ubuntu-mate-live