How To Install witalian on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install witalian on Debian 9. witalian is Italian dictionary words for /usr/share/dict/

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install witalian on Debian 9.

What is witalian

witalian is:

This package contains an alphabetic list of Italian words.

You may wish to use it in conjunction with a program like spell(1) to spell-check an Italian text, or with a program like look(1) for word completion.

It may even be used by the sysadmin to look for weak user passwords.

There are three methods to install witalian 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 witalian Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install witalian

Install witalian Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install witalian using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install witalian

Install witalian 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 witalian using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install witalian

How To Uninstall witalian on Debian 9

To uninstall only the witalian package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove witalian

Uninstall witalian And Its Dependencies

To uninstall witalian and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove witalian

Remove witalian Configurations and Data

To remove witalian configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge witalian

Remove witalian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge witalian

Dependencies

witalian have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install witalian package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.