Aspell-0.60

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.

After Aspell is installed, you must set up at least one dictionary. Install one or more dictionaries by running the following commands:

./configure &&
make &&
make install

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-import imports old personal dictionaries into Aspell.

precat decompresses a prezipped file to stdout.

preunzip decompresses a prezipped file.

prezip is a prefix delta compressor, used to compress sorted word lists or other similar text files.

prezip-bin is called by the various wrapper scripts to perform the actual compressing and decompressing.

pspell-config displays information about the libpspell installation, mostly for use in build scripts.

run-with-aspell is a script to help use Aspell as an ispell replacement.

word-list-compress compresses or decompresses sorted word lists for use with the Aspell spell checker.

The lib{a,p}spell libraries are spell checking library interfaces.