# Install enchant

Spellchecker wrapping library. Version 2.8.16 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:enchant
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install enchant
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install enchant
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/enchant/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install enchant
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: enchant from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#enchant
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: enchant from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S enchant
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: enchant from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install enchant-2-backend-aspell
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: enchant-2-backend-aspell from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install enchant-2
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: enchant-2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:enchant
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/enchant>
- **Version:** 2.8.16
- **Source summary:** Spellchecker wrapping library
- **Homepage:** <https://rrthomas.github.io/enchant/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rrthomas/enchant>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/rrthomas/enchant#readme>
- **License:** LGPL-2.1-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/rrthomas/enchant/releases/download/v2.8.16/enchant-2.8.16.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-02T04:21:15Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- enchant-2 (cli)
- enchant-lsmod-2 (cli)
- enchant-2 (alias)
- enchant-lsmod-2 (alias)

## Dependencies

- aspell
- gettext
- glib

## Build Dependencies

- groff
- pkgconf

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.8.16
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-02
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/rrthomas/enchant
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## 安全说明

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- library-like package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** enchant
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - enchant: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: enchant from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- dnf - enchant - 1.6.0-41.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: enchant from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | An Enchanting Spell Checking Library | http://www.abisource.com/
- dnf - enchant-devel - 1.6.0-41.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: enchant-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Support files necessary to compile applications with libenchant. | http://www.abisource.com/
- dnf - enchant-voikko - 1.6.0-41.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: enchant-voikko from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Integration with voikko for libenchant | http://www.abisource.com/
- pacman - enchant - 2.8.15-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: enchant from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A wrapper library for generic spell checking | https://rrthomas.github.io/enchant/
- zypper - enchant-2-backend-aspell - 2.8.15-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: enchant-2-backend-aspell from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Aspell backend for the Enchant spell checking library | https://rrthomas.github.io/enchant/
- zypper - enchant-2-backend-hunspell - 2.8.15-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: enchant-2-backend-hunspell from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Hunspell backend for the Enchant spell checking library | https://rrthomas.github.io/enchant/
- zypper - enchant-2-backend-nuspell - 2.8.15-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: enchant-2-backend-nuspell from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Nuspell backend for the Enchant spell checking library | https://rrthomas.github.io/enchant/
- zypper - enchant-2-backend-voikko - 2.8.15-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: enchant-2-backend-voikko from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Voikko backend for the Enchant spell checking library | https://rrthomas.github.io/enchant/
- zypper - enchant-2-backend-voikko-32bit - 2.8.15-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: enchant-2-backend-voikko-32bit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Voikko backend for the Enchant spell checking library | https://rrthomas.github.io/enchant/
- zypper - enchant-data - 2.8.15-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: enchant-data from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Data files for libenchant | https://rrthomas.github.io/enchant/
- zypper - enchant-devel - 2.8.15-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: enchant-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Development files for the Enchant spell checking library | https://rrthomas.github.io/enchant/
- zypper - enchant-tools - 2.8.15-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: enchant-tools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Command line tools for the Enchant spell checking library | https://rrthomas.github.io/enchant/
- zypper - libenchant-2-2 - 2.8.15-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libenchant-2-2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Generic Spell Checking Library | https://rrthomas.github.io/enchant/
- zypper - libenchant-2-2-32bit - 2.8.15-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libenchant-2-2-32bit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Generic Spell Checking Library | https://rrthomas.github.io/enchant/
- zypper - libenchant1 - 1.6.1-8.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libenchant1 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Generic Spell Checking Library | https://abiword.github.io/enchant/


## Related Links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [aspell](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/aspell/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [groff](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/groff/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [gspell](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/gspell/) - Popular package that depends on this formula.
- [weechat](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/weechat/) - Popular package that depends on this formula.
- [cherrytree](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/cherrytree/) - Popular package that depends on this formula.
- [webkitgtk](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/webkitgtk/) - Popular package that depends on this formula.
- [pan](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/pan/) - Popular package that depends on this formula.
- [gflags](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/gflags/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, library.
- [notcurses](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/notcurses/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, library.
- [lunar-date](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/lunar-date/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, library.
- [libvterm](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/libvterm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, library.
- [tre](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/tre/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, library.
- [kokkos](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/kokkos/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-plus-plus, cli, developer-tools, library.
- [libdeflate](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/libdeflate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, library.
- [rpl](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/rpl/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, gettext, glib.
- [skktools](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/skktools/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, gettext, glib.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
