How To Install qstardict on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qstardict
on Debian 12.
What is qstardict
qstardict is:
QStarDict is a modern international dictionary written using Qt.
Main features include:
- Full support of StarDict dictionaries
- Fuzzy search
- Support for hyper links in translations
- Working from the system tray
- Scanning mouse selection and showing pop-up windows with translation of selected words
- Translations reformatting
- Pronouncing of the translated words
- Plugins support
There are three methods to install qstardict
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qstardict Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qstardict
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qstardict
Install qstardict Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qstardict
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qstardict
Install qstardict 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 qstardict
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qstardict
How To Uninstall qstardict on Debian 12
To uninstall only the qstardict
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qstardict
Uninstall qstardict And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qstardict
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qstardict
Remove qstardict Configurations and Data
To remove qstardict
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qstardict
Remove qstardict configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qstardict
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qstardict
Dependencies
qstardict have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libglib2.0-0
- libkf5notifications5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5printsupport5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
- libx11-6
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qstardict
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.