installdeb-aspell command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix installdeb-aspell command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

installdeb-aspell: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: installdeb-aspell: command not found

In Ubuntu installdeb-aspell is provided by dictionaries-common-dev package.

dictionaries-common-dev is:

This package provides the full text of the Debian Spelling Dictionaries and Tools Policy, and some debhelper-like helpers.

It is only of interest for developers maintaining wordlists or dictionaries for Ispell, Aspell, or MySpell/Hunspell.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install dictionaries-common-dev

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install dictionaries-common-dev.

sudo apt -y install dictionaries-common-dev

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install dictionaries-common-dev

In this tutorial we learn how to fix installdeb-aspell command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.