Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r13.1-392

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libspelling-0.4.10

Introduction to libspelling

The libspelling package provides a GNOME library for spellchecking.

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Note

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Package Information

libspelling Dependencies

Required

gtksourceview5-5.22.0

Recommended

enchant-2.8.21, ICU-78.3, and Vala-0.56.19

Optional

Gi-DocGen-2026.1 and sysprof

Installation of libspelling

Install libspelling by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr       \
            --buildtype=release \
            -D docs=false       \
            -D sysprof=false    \
            ..                  &&
ninja

To test the results, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Command Explanations

-D docs=false: Prevents building the documentation. Remove this if you have gi-docgen installed and wish to build the documentation.

-D sysprof=false: Prevents building with profiler data. Remove this if you have sysprof installed and wish to generate data for performance profiling.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: liblibspelling-1.so
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

liblibspelling-1.so

is the libspelling API library