How To Install dictd on Fedora 34

dictd is DICT protocol (RFC 2229) server and command-line client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dictd on Fedora 34.

What is dictd

Command-line client for the DICT protocol. The Dictionary Server Protocol (DICT) is a TCP transaction based query/response protocol that allows a client to access dictionary definitions from a set of natural language dictionary databases.

We can use yum or dnf to install dictd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dictd.

Install dictd on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dictd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dictd

Install dictd on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dictd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dictd

How To Uninstall dictd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove dictd

dictd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/dict
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/19bef9f987d4165948403de1df7b1519c18c38
/usr/share/doc/dictd
/usr/share/doc/dictd/ANNOUNCE
/usr/share/doc/dictd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/dictd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/dictd/README
/usr/share/doc/dictd/dict1.conf
/usr/share/doc/dictd/rfc2229.txt
/usr/share/doc/dictd/security.doc
/usr/share/man/man1/dict.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dictd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.