Zirconium Linux From Scratch - Version r12.4-45-systemd

Chapter 14. Build Qt6 and Support

enchant-2.8.13

Introduction to enchant

The enchant package provides a generic interface into various existing spell checking libraries.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.4 platform.

Package Information

enchant Dependencies

Required

Aspell-0.60.8.1, GLib-2.86.2, and Vala-0.56.18

Optional

"dbus-glib", "doxygen", Hspell, Hunspell, Nuspell, Voikko, and unittest-cpp (required for tests)

Installation of enchant

Prepare enchant by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --disable-static  \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/enchant-2.8.13
make
[Note]

Note

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 Install the package, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Configuring enchant

Config Files

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

Configuration Information

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"): 

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.

Contents

Installed Programs: enchant-2 and enchant-lsmod-2
Installed Libraries: libenchant-2.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/enchant-2, /usr/lib/enchant-2, /usr/share/enchant, and /usr/share/doc/enchant-2.8.13

Short Descriptions

enchant-2

is a spellchecker

enchant-lsmod-2

lists available backends, languages, and dictionaries

libenchant-2.so

contains spell checking interface API functions