How To Install babiloo on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install babiloo on Debian 9. babiloo is dictionary viewer with multi-languages support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install babiloo on Debian 9.

What is babiloo

babiloo is:

It supports dictionaries in SDictionary and StarDict format and HTML displaying for the supported dictionaries. Babiloo allows the download of more dictionaries from Internet.

Features:

  • Support for many languages / fonts rendering.
  • Don’t convert dictionaries, use originals.
  • Phonetic sounds.
  • Advanced search.
  • Collaborative dictionaries.

This package contains the GUI frontend and common files.

There are three methods to install babiloo on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install babiloo Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install babiloo

Install babiloo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install babiloo

Install babiloo 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 babiloo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install babiloo

How To Uninstall babiloo on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove babiloo

Uninstall babiloo And Its Dependencies

To uninstall babiloo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove babiloo

Remove babiloo Configurations and Data

To remove babiloo configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge babiloo

Remove babiloo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge babiloo

Dependencies

babiloo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install babiloo package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.