How To Install words on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install words in Fedora 36. words is A dictionary of English words for the /usr/share/dict directory

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install words on Fedora 36.

What is words

The words file is a dictionary of English words for the /usr/share/dict directory. Some programs use this database of words to check spelling. Password checkers use it to look for bad passwords.

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

Install words 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 words using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install words

Install words 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 words using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install words

How To Uninstall words on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove words

words Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/dict/linux.words
/usr/share/dict/words
/usr/share/doc/words
/usr/share/doc/words/license.txt
/usr/share/doc/words/readme.txt

References

Summary

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