How To Install sdic-gene95 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install sdic-gene95 on Ubuntu 18.04. sdic-gene95 is installer for GENE95 dictionaries for sdic

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sdic-gene95 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is sdic-gene95

sdic-gene95 is:

This package installs the GENE95 English-Japanese dictionary for use with sdic.

Although this package can install a Japanese-English dictionary derived from the GENE95 English-Japanese dictionary, it is recommended to use the Japanese-English dictionary installed through sdic-edict.

Before installing this package, you need a copy of gene95.lzh, gene95.tar.gz, or gene95.tar.bz2, available from: http://namazu.org/~tsuchiya/sdic/index.html

There are three methods to install sdic-gene95 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 sdic-gene95 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sdic-gene95 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sdic-gene95

Install sdic-gene95 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sdic-gene95 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sdic-gene95

Install sdic-gene95 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 sdic-gene95 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sdic-gene95

How To Uninstall sdic-gene95 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the sdic-gene95 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sdic-gene95

Uninstall sdic-gene95 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sdic-gene95 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sdic-gene95

Remove sdic-gene95 Configurations and Data

To remove sdic-gene95 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sdic-gene95

Remove sdic-gene95 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sdic-gene95 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sdic-gene95

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sdic-gene95 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.