Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 9. General Libraries

enchant-1.6.0

Introduction to enchant

The enchant package provide a generic interface into various existing spell checking libaries.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

enchant Dependencies

Required

GLib-2.36.4

Recommended

Aspell-0.60.6.1

Optional

dbus-glib-0.100.2, Hspell, Hunspell, and Voikko

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/enchant

Installation of enchant

Install enchant by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Configuring enchant

Config Files

~/.enchant and /usr/share/enchant/enchant.ordering

Configuration Information

See more details in the enchant(1) manual page.

Contents

Installed Programs: enchant and enchant-lsmod
Installed Libraries: libenchant.{so,a} and various backend libraries
Installed Directories: /usr/{include/enchant,lib/enchant,share/enchant}

Short Descriptions

enchant

is a spellchecker

enchant-lsmod

lists available backends, languages, and dictionaries.

libenchant.{so,a}

contains spell checking interface API functions.

Last updated on 2013-08-21 18:50:45 -0700