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hunspell


Information about the package, hunspell, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The hunspell package is designed for, A spell checker and morphological analyzer library.


Package Name:

hunspell

Summary:

A spell checker and morphological analyzer library

Description:

Hunspell is a spell checker and morphological analyzer library and program designed for languages with rich morphology and complex word compounding or character encoding. Hunspell interfaces: Ispell-like terminal interface using Curses library, Ispell pipe interface, OpenOffice.org UNO module.

Architecture:

i686

Version:

1.2.8

Release:

16.el6

Size:

181 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

(LGPLv2+ or GPLv2+ or MPLv1.1) and (LGPLv2+ or SISSL)



Handy Yum Commands for hunspell


Control the hunspell package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install hunspell

This command will install hunspell on the server.

yum remove hunspell

This command will un-install hunspell on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hunspell, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove hunspell

This command will un-install hunspell on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove hunspell when using the -y flag.

yum update hunspell

This command will update hunspell to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hunspell, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update hunspell

This command will update hunspell to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove hunspell when using the -y flag.

yum info hunspell

This command will show you core information about the hunspell package.

yum deplist hunspell

This command will show you the dependencies for hunspell. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update hunspell

This command will check if there is an update waiting on hunspell. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.