%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Aspell The Aspell package contains an interactive spell checking program and the Aspell libraries. Aspell can either be used as a library or as an independent spell checker. Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &aspell-md5sum; Download size: &aspell-size; Estimated disk space required: &aspell-buildsize; Estimated build time: &aspell-time; You'll need to download at least one dictionary. The link below will take you to a page containing links to dictionaries in many languages. Aspell dictionaries: Install Aspell by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make Now, as the root user: make install After Aspell is installed, you must set up at least one dictionary. Install one or more dictionaries by running the following commands: ./configure && make Now, as the root user: make install Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories aspell, aspell-import, precat, preunzip, prezip, prezip-bin, pspell-config, run-with-aspell and word-list-compress libaspell.so and libpspell.so /usr/include/pspell and /usr/lib/aspell-0.60 Short Descriptions aspell is a utility that can function as an ispell -a replacement, as an independent spell checker, as a test utility to test out Aspell features, and as a utility for managing dictionaries. aspell aspell-import imports old personal dictionaries into Aspell. aspell-import precat decompresses a prezipped file to stdout. precat preunzip decompresses a prezipped file. preunzip prezip is a prefix delta compressor, used to compress sorted word lists or other similar text files. prezip prezip-bin is called by the various wrapper scripts to perform the actual compressing and decompressing. prezip-bin pspell-config displays information about the libpspell installation, mostly for use in build scripts. pspell-config run-with-aspell is a script to help use Aspell as an ispell replacement. run-with-aspell word-list-compress compresses or decompresses sorted word lists for use with the Aspell spell checker. word-list-compress libaspell.so contains spell checking API functions. libaspell.so libpspell.so is an interface to the libaspell library. All the spell checking funtionality is now in libaspell but this library is included for backwards compatibility. libpspell.so