How To Install dict-freedict-eng-gle on Debian 10

Learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-gle on Debian 10 with this tutorial. dict-freedict-eng-gle is English-Irish dictionary for the dict server/client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-gle on Debian 10.

What is dict-freedict-eng-gle

dict-freedict-eng-gle is:

This is the English-Irish dictionary from the FreeDict project, version 0.3.2. It contains 1359 headwords (FreeDict status: too small). It can be either used with the dictd server and a dict client or with GoldenDict.

There are three methods to install dict-freedict-eng-gle on Debian 10. 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-eng-gle 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-eng-gle using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dict-freedict-eng-gle

Install dict-freedict-eng-gle Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dict-freedict-eng-gle

Install dict-freedict-eng-gle 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-eng-gle using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dict-freedict-eng-gle

How To Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-gle on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove dict-freedict-eng-gle

Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-gle And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-gle and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict-freedict-eng-gle

Remove dict-freedict-eng-gle Configurations and Data

To remove dict-freedict-eng-gle configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dict-freedict-eng-gle

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-freedict-eng-gle

Dependencies

dict-freedict-eng-gle have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-gle package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.