How To Install edict on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install edict on Debian 11.
What is edict
edict is:
The EDICT file is the outcome of a voluntary project to produce a freely available Japanese / English dictionary in machine-readable form. This package also contains the compdic, computing and communications dictionary file.
There are three methods to install edict 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 edict Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install edict using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install edict
Install edict Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install edict using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install edict
Install edict 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 edict using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install edict
How To Uninstall edict on Debian 11
To uninstall only the edict package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove edict
Uninstall edict And Its Dependencies
To uninstall edict and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove edict
Remove edict Configurations and Data
To remove edict configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge edict
Remove edict configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove edict configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge edict
Dependencies
edict have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install edict package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
