Getting error with spell check in nano

Question

I am getting the following error while doing spell check in nano editor. Please help to resolve this.

Spell checking failed: Error invoking "spell": Bad file descriptot

Solution 1

edit nanorc file and enable spell checker.

sudo vi /etc/nanorc

and uncomment the line

set speller "aspell -x -c"

Solution 2

nano depends on a spell-checker program. Such a program is aspell. You can install it with:

sudo apt-get install aspell

Comments

[zouve]

Still getting the same error after installing it.

[GrouchyGaijin]

The guy wants to enable the spell check in nano so the suggested response instructs him to use vi to edit the nanorc file...:-)

[dten]

You need both answers together!

[dten]

You need both answers together!

[Chaim Stanton]

@GrouchyGaijin That's true, you could always go with 'sudo nano /etc/nanorc'. Also if you wanted to find it faster you can use the ctrl+w shortcut and search for the word 'speller'.