How To Install dicod on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install dicod on Debian 11. dicod is RFC 2229 compliant modular dictionary server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dicod on Debian 11.

What is dicod

dicod is:

GNU Dico is an implementation of the DICT protocol as defined in RFC 2229. It is fully modular: the daemon itself (dicod) provides only the server functionality, and knows nothing about database formats. Actual searches are performed by functions supplied in loadable modules. A single module can serve one or more databases.

This package contains the dicod server, in addition to the following plugins:

  • ldap: provides LDAP support
  • substr: provides a substring search strategy
  • stratall: provides the ‘all’ search strategy

There are three methods to install dicod on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dicod Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dicod

Install dicod Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dicod

Install dicod 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 dicod using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dicod

How To Uninstall dicod on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove dicod

Uninstall dicod And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dicod and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dicod

Remove dicod Configurations and Data

To remove dicod configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dicod

Remove dicod configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dicod

Dependencies

dicod have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dicod package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.