source: general/genlib/aspell.xml@ 6c7614f7

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY aspell-download-http "&gnu-http;/aspell/aspell-&aspell-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY aspell-download-ftp  "&gnu-ftp;/aspell/aspell-&aspell-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY aspell-en-dict       "aspell6-en-2020.12.07-0">
  <!ENTITY aspell-en-dict-url   "&gnu-http;/aspell/dict/en/&aspell-en-dict;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY aspell-md5sum        "012fa9209203ae4e5a61c2a668fd10e3">
  <!ENTITY aspell-size          "3.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY aspell-buildsize     "51 MB (Additional 8 MB for EN dictionary)">
  <!ENTITY aspell-time          "0.4 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="aspell" xreflabel="Aspell-&aspell-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="aspell.html"?>


  <title>Aspell-&aspell-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="aspell">
    <primary sortas="a-Aspell">Aspell</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Aspell</title>

    <para>
      The <application>Aspell</application> package contains an interactive
      spell checking program and the <application>Aspell</application>
      libraries. <application>Aspell</application> can either be used as a
      library or as an independent spell checker.
    </para>

    &lfs113_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&aspell-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&aspell-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &aspell-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &aspell-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &aspell-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &aspell-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <para>
      You'll need to download at least one dictionary. The English dictionary
      is given as an example below. Dictionaries in many other languages can be
      found at <ulink url="&gnu-http;/aspell/dict"/>.
    </para>

    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Aspell English dictionary: <ulink url="&aspell-en-dict-url;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Aspell Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="which"/> (for the dictionaries)
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/aspell"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Aspell</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>Aspell</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
ln -svfn aspell-0.60 /usr/lib/aspell &amp;&amp;

install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/aspell-&aspell-version;/aspell{,-dev}.html &amp;&amp;

install -v -m644 manual/aspell.html/* \
    /usr/share/doc/aspell-&aspell-version;/aspell.html &amp;&amp;

install -v -m644 manual/aspell-dev.html/* \
    /usr/share/doc/aspell-&aspell-version;/aspell-dev.html</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If you do not plan to install <application>Ispell</application>, then copy
      the wrapper script <command>ispell</command>:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m 755 scripts/ispell /usr/bin/</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If you do not plan to install <application>Spell</application>, then copy
      the wrapper script <command>spell</command>:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m 755 scripts/spell /usr/bin/</userinput></screen>
 </sect2>

 <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>ln -svfn aspell-0.60 /usr/lib/aspell</command>: This command is
      useful for configuration of other applications, such as
      <xref linkend="enchant"/>.
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Aspell</title>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>
        After <application>Aspell</application> is installed, you must set up at
        least one dictionary. Install the English dictionary by running the
        following commands:
      </para>

<screen><userinput>tar xf ../&aspell-en-dict;.tar.bz2 &amp;&amp;
cd &aspell-en-dict;                &amp;&amp;

./configure &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

      <para>
        Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
      </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

      <para>
        Other dictionaries can be installed with the same instructions.
      </para>
    </sect3>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          aspell, aspell-import, precat, preunzip, prezip, prezip-bin,
          pspell-config, run-with-aspell, word-list-compress and optionally,
          ispell and spell.
        </seg>
        <seg>libaspell.so and libpspell.so</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/pspell and /usr/lib/aspell-0.60</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="aspell-prog">
        <term><command>aspell</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a utility that can function as an <command>ispell -a</command>
            replacement, as an independent spell checker, as a test utility to
            test out <application>Aspell</application> features, and as a
            utility for managing dictionaries
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell aspell-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-aspell">aspell</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="aspell-ispell">
        <term><command>ispell</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a wrapper around <command>aspell</command> to invoke it in
            <command>ispell</command> compatible mode
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell aspell-ispell">
            <primary sortas="b-ispell">ispell</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="aspell-spell">
        <term><command>spell</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a wrapper around <command>aspell</command> to invoke it in
            <command>spell</command> compatible mode
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell aspell-spell">
            <primary sortas="b-spell">spell</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="aspell-import">
        <term><command>aspell-import</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            imports old personal dictionaries into
            <application>Aspell</application>
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell aspell-import">
            <primary sortas="b-aspell-import">aspell-import</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="precat">
        <term><command>precat</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            decompresses a <command>prezip</command>ped file to stdout
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell precat">
            <primary sortas="b-precat">precat</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="preunzip">
        <term><command>preunzip</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            decompresses a <command>prezip</command>ped file
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell preunzip">
            <primary sortas="b-preunzip">preunzip</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="prezip">
        <term><command>prezip</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a prefix delta compressor, used to compress sorted word lists or
            other similar text files
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell prezip">
            <primary sortas="b-prezip">prezip</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="prezip-bin">
        <term><command>prezip-bin</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is called by the various wrapper scripts to perform the actual
            compressing and decompressing
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell prezip-bin">
            <primary sortas="b-prezip-bin">prezip-bin</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pspell-config">
        <term><command>pspell-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            displays information about the
            <filename class="libraryfile">libpspell</filename> installation,
            mostly for use in build scripts
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell pspell-config">
            <primary sortas="b-pspell-config">pspell-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="run-with-aspell">
        <term><command>run-with-aspell</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a script to help use <application>Aspell</application> as an
            <command>ispell</command> replacement
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell run-with-aspell">
            <primary sortas="b-run-with-aspell">run-with-aspell</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="word-list-compress">
        <term><command>word-list-compress</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            compresses or decompresses sorted word lists for use with the
            <application>Aspell</application> spell checker
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell word-list-compress">
            <primary sortas="b-word-list-compress">word-list-compress</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libaspell">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libaspell.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains spell checking API functions
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell libaspell">
            <primary sortas="c-libaspell">libaspell.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libpspell">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpspell.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is an interface to the
            <filename class="libraryfile">libaspell</filename> library. All the
            spell checking functionality is now in
            <filename class="libraryfile">libaspell</filename> but this library
            is included for backward compatibility
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="aspell libpspell">
            <primary sortas="c-libpspell">libpspell.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>

</sect1>