How to Install hyphen-fr software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install hyphen-fr software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

hyphen-fr software package provides French hyphenation patterns, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install hyphen-fr 

hyphen-fr is installed in your system.

Make ensure the hyphen-fr package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hyphen-fr *

You will get with hyphen-fr package name, version, architecture and description in a table

hyphen-fr package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Text Processing
Package hyphen-fr
Version 1:5.1.0-1ubuntu2
Description French hyphenation patterns
Sub Section Text


See Also, How to uninstall or remove hyphen-fr software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?