how can I install pspell in php5/ubuntu?

Question

I am trying to install pspell for PHP 5 in Ubuntu. I have installed the aspell library which is required to run pspell as shown here

I am not sure if there are any setti

Answer 1

"I have installed the aspell library which is required to run pspell as shown here"

• that's if you compile your own PHP - did you recompile with pspell?

Note that this package just provides the API and data, you are getting an error becuase your PHP doesn't know how to interface with it.

If you're not into building your own code, the PHP extension is available as a package:

(NB this is JUST the PHP side of the service)

http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/dapper/php-pspell

C.

Answer 2

Have you configured php.ini to load the extension?

Answer 3

just do

sudo apt-get install libpspell-dev 
sudo apt-get install php5-pspell
sudo apt-get install aspell-en

then restart your apache2 server with the following command

sudo service apache2 restart 

it will be added automatically to your php.ini

you can try this example

Answer 4

For those using PHP 7.2 / Ubuntu 18.10, here is what I did to get PSPELL working:

sudo apt-get install php5-pspell
sudo apt-get install php-pspell
sudo apt-get install aspell-en
sudo apt-get install aspell-fr
sudo apt-get install aspell-de
sudo apt-get install aspell-es
sudo service apache2 restart 

I use multiple languages, so included some of them in the example above. I believe EN is included by default.