ifrench-gut software package provides French dictionary for ispell (GUTenberg version), you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install ifrench-gut
ifrench-gut is installed in your system.
Make ensure the ifrench-gut package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ifrench-gut *
You will get with ifrench-gut package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Text Processing |
| Package | ifrench-gut |
| Version | 1:1.0-30 |
| Description | French dictionary for ispell (GUTenberg version) |
| Sub Section | text |