How To Install dict-freedict-por-spa on Debian 10

Learn how to install dict-freedict-por-spa on Debian 10 with this tutorial. dict-freedict-por-spa is Portuguese-Spanish dictionary for the dict server/client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-por-spa on Debian 10.

What is dict-freedict-por-spa

dict-freedict-por-spa is:

This is the Portuguese-Spanish dictionary from the FreeDict project. It contains 10581 headwords (FreeDict status: big enough to be useful). It can be either used with the dictd server and a dict client or with GoldenDict.

There are three methods to install dict-freedict-por-spa 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-por-spa 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-por-spa using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dict-freedict-por-spa

Install dict-freedict-por-spa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dict-freedict-por-spa

Install dict-freedict-por-spa 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-por-spa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dict-freedict-por-spa

How To Uninstall dict-freedict-por-spa on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove dict-freedict-por-spa

Uninstall dict-freedict-por-spa And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict-freedict-por-spa

Remove dict-freedict-por-spa Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dict-freedict-por-spa

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-freedict-por-spa

Dependencies

dict-freedict-por-spa have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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