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To install "aspell" in linux, follow the below steps:


cd /usr/local/src
wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/aspell-0.60.6.tar.gz
tar -xvzf aspell-0.60.6.tar.gz
cd aspell-0.60.6/
./configure
make
make install

This will install aspell at the location /usr/local/bin/aspell. Make sure that you have build tools installed on your operating system. If you don't, you can install it using the below command in ubuntu :

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential