How To Install python-dictclient on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dictclient on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-dictclient
python-dictclient is:
This is a new library for interacting with Dict servers. It defines three classes – Connection, Database, and Definition. It supports all common Dict server requests, including definitions, matching, and getting information about available databases, capabilities, etc. You can use it to communicate to a local or remote dictd database. The homepage for this package (includes docs) is at gopher://quux.org/1/devel/dictclient.
There are three methods to install python-dictclient on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-dictclient Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-dictclient using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-dictclient
Install python-dictclient Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-dictclient using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-dictclient
Install python-dictclient 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-dictclient using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-dictclient
How To Uninstall python-dictclient on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-dictclient package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-dictclient
Uninstall python-dictclient And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-dictclient and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dictclient
Remove python-dictclient Configurations and Data
To remove python-dictclient configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-dictclient
Remove python-dictclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-dictclient configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-dictclient
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dictclient package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
