dh_aspell-simple command not found
Introduction
When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message
dh_aspell-simple: command not found
or when using sudo you get the following error message
sudo: dh_aspell-simple: command not found
Solutions to dh_aspell-simple: command not found
How To Fix dh_aspell-simple: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian
In Ubuntu dh_aspell-simple 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
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to fix dh_aspell-simple command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.