How To Install dict-freedict-eng-nld on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-nld on Debian 9.
What is dict-freedict-eng-nld
dict-freedict-eng-nld is:
This is the English-Dutch dictionary from the FreeDict project in version 0.1.1 (FreeDict status: small). It contains 7700 headwords. It can be used for the dict server in conjunction with a dict client.
There are three methods to install dict-freedict-eng-nld 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-eng-nld 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-nld using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dict-freedict-eng-nld
Install dict-freedict-eng-nld Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-eng-nld using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dict-freedict-eng-nld
Install dict-freedict-eng-nld 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-nld using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dict-freedict-eng-nld
How To Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-nld on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dict-freedict-eng-nld package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dict-freedict-eng-nld
Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-nld And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-nld and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict-freedict-eng-nld
Remove dict-freedict-eng-nld Configurations and Data
To remove dict-freedict-eng-nld configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dict-freedict-eng-nld
Remove dict-freedict-eng-nld configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dict-freedict-eng-nld configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-freedict-eng-nld
Dependencies
dict-freedict-eng-nld have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-nld package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
