How To Install dict-freedict-all on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-all on Debian 9. dict-freedict-all is meta-package to install dictionary databases from the FreeDict project

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-all on Debian 9.

What is dict-freedict-all

dict-freedict-all is:

This package can be used to install all available bilingual dictionaries from the FreeDict project at once.

There are three methods to install dict-freedict-all on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dict-freedict-all Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-all using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dict-freedict-all

Install dict-freedict-all Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-all using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dict-freedict-all

Install dict-freedict-all Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-all using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dict-freedict-all

How To Uninstall dict-freedict-all on Debian 9

To uninstall only the dict-freedict-all package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dict-freedict-all

Uninstall dict-freedict-all And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dict-freedict-all and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict-freedict-all

Remove dict-freedict-all Configurations and Data

To remove dict-freedict-all configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dict-freedict-all

Remove dict-freedict-all configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dict-freedict-all configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-freedict-all

Dependencies

dict-freedict-all have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-all package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.