How To Install dialect on Debian 12

Learn how to install dialect on Debian 12 with this tutorial. dialect is translation app for GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dialect on Debian 12.

What is dialect

dialect is:

Dialect is a translation app for GNOME.

Features:

  • Translation based on Google Translate
  • Translation based on the LibreTranslate API, allowing you to use any public instance
  • Translation history
  • Automatic language detection
  • Text to speech
  • Clipboard buttons

There are three methods to install dialect on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dialect Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dialect

Install dialect Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dialect

Install dialect 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 dialect using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dialect

How To Uninstall dialect on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove dialect

Uninstall dialect And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dialect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dialect

Remove dialect Configurations and Data

To remove dialect configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dialect

Remove dialect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dialect

Dependencies

dialect have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dialect package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.