The enchant package provides a generic interface into various existing spell checking libraries.
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Download (HTTP): https://github.com/AbiWord/enchant/releases/download/v2.6.5/enchant-2.6.5.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 51d6006b00e2bae2bdc8d4712c43ab57
Download size: 4.3 MB
Estimated disk space required: 19 MB (add 70 MB for tests)
Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU (add 0.7 SBU for tests)
dbus-glib-0.112, Doxygen-1.10.0, Hspell, Hunspell, Nuspell, Voikko, and unittest-cpp (required for tests)
Install enchant by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--disable-static \
--docdir /usr/share/doc/enchant-2.6.5 &&
make
To run tests, unittest-cpp must be installed and the --enable-relocatable option passed to configure above. If these conditions are present, the tests may be run with make check.
Now, as the root user:
make install
--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.
You can test your installation and configuration by creating a test file and running the following commands (you can replace the en_GB dictionary by any other downloaded when installing Aspell-0.60.8.1):
cat > /tmp/test-enchant.txt << "EOF"
Tel me more abot linux
Ther ar so many commads
EOF
enchant-2 -d en_GB -l /tmp/test-enchant.txt &&
enchant-2 -d en_GB -a /tmp/test-enchant.txt
You will see a list of the misspelled words followed by a list of alternatives for them.
See more details in the enchant manual page.