How To Install dico-module-python on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dico-module-python
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dico-module-python
dico-module-python is:
GNU Dico is an implementation of the DICT protocol as defined in RFC 2229. It is fully modular: the daemon itself (dicod) provides only the server functionality, and knows nothing about database formats. Actual searches are performed by functions supplied in loadable modules. A single module can serve one or more databases.
This package provides an abstract layer for interfacing with database modules written in Python.
There are three methods to install dico-module-python
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dico-module-python Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dico-module-python
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dico-module-python
Install dico-module-python Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dico-module-python
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dico-module-python
Install dico-module-python 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dico-module-python
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dico-module-python
How To Uninstall dico-module-python on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dico-module-python
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dico-module-python
Uninstall dico-module-python And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dico-module-python
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dico-module-python
Remove dico-module-python Configurations and Data
To remove dico-module-python
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dico-module-python
Remove dico-module-python configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dico-module-python
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dico-module-python
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dico-module-python
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.