This page provides an alternative spelling checker solution for Perl on MS Windows platforms.

You can download a PPM for the CPAN module Text::Aspell and a Windows installer for a version of GNU Aspell.

GNU Aspell is Licensed under the LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License)

The installer download for GNU Aspell below also contains full source for the binaries and the included English dictionaries.

You may wish to visit the GNU Aspell Homepage to check for latest versions.

To Install:

Download and run the aspell installer.

Install the PPM for Text::Aspell:

ppm install http://www.gigi.co.uk/ppms/Text-Aspell.ppd

If you want to build Text::Aspell yourself after installing aspell:

Amend the 'LIBS' line in Makefile.PL to 

      LIBS => ['-laspell-50'],

then (assuming you installed aspell to the default path):

set LIB=C:\Program Files\Aspell-50\dev\lib;%LIB%
set INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Aspell-50\dev\include;%INCLUDE%
perl Makefile.PL
etc..

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