When using text editors or email programs in Ubuntu, spell checking is usually enabled (for example when using Kate or rkward), but a native dictionary may not be available. A german dictionary can be installed as follows:

$ sudo apt install aspell-de

Support for R Markdown / Latex

Related – to include other language support in R Markdown / Latex, use:

sudo apt-cache search texlive german
sudo apt install texlive-lang-german

Then, include this in the YAML header of an R Markdown document:

header-includes:
  - \usepackage[german]{babel}

Last updated: 2019-12-10

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