osx_aspell.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Quick-n-dirty installation of aspell plus
# English dictionary on OSX.
######

d=`mktemp -d aspell.XXXXX`

version="0.60.6"
dict_version="6.0-0"

pushd $d

wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/aspell-${version}.tar.gz || exit 1
wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/dict/en/aspell6-en-${dict_version}.tar.bz2 || exit 1

echo "Installing aspell version $version"

tar -xf aspell-${version}.tar.gz && \
    cd aspell-${version} && \
    ./configure && \
    make && \
    make install && \
    cd ..

echo "Installing aspell english dict version $dict_version"

tar -jxf aspell6-en-${dict_version}.tar.bz2 && \
    cd aspell6-en-${dict_version} && \
    ./configure && \
    make && \
    make install

popd && \
    rm -rf $d