How To Install dictd-server on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dictd-server in Fedora 36. dictd-server is Server for the Dictionary Server Protocol (DICT)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dictd-server on Fedora 36.

What is dictd-server

A server for the DICT protocol. You need to install dictd-usable databases before you can use this server. Those can be found p.e. at ftp More information can be found in the INSTALL file in this package.

We can use yum or dnf to install dictd-server on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dictd-server.

Install dictd-server on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install dictd-server

Install dictd-server on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install dictd-server

How To Uninstall dictd-server on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove dictd-server

dictd-server Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/dictd.conf
/usr/bin/colorit
/usr/bin/dict_lookup
/usr/bin/dictfmt
/usr/bin/dictfmt_index2suffix
/usr/bin/dictfmt_index2word
/usr/bin/dictl
/usr/bin/dictunformat
/usr/bin/dictzip
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/b7c028f61049766958151ff7e322ed65941d31
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/903af1f84fa73b83c28e43e7f0e9e3dec196a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/459393bdec92ec4cb9469fd022663135357e04
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/92a8d549debc469f1bcc3b6b24336ffa7252f1
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dictd.service
/usr/sbin/dictd
/usr/share/dict/dictd
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/ANNOUNCE
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/README
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/SELinux
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/SELinux/dictd2.fc
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/SELinux/dictd2.if
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/SELinux/dictd2.pp.mls
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/SELinux/dictd2.pp.targeted
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/SELinux/dictd2.te
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/dictd1.conf
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/dictd2.conf
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/dictd3.conf
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/dictd4.conf
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/dictd_complex.conf
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/dictd_mime.conf
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/dictd_plugin_dbi.conf
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/dictd_popen.conf
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/dictd_popen.conf.in
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/dictd_site.txt
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/dictd_virtual.conf
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/rfc2229.txt
/usr/share/doc/dictd-server/security.doc
/usr/share/man/man1/colorit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dict_lookup.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dictfmt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dictfmt_index2suffix.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dictfmt_index2word.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dictl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dictunformat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dictzip.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dictd.8.gz
/usr/share/selinux/mls/dictd2.pp
/usr/share/selinux/targeted/dictd2.pp

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dictd-server on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).