How To Install dicod on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dicod on Debian 10.
What is dicod
dicod 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 contains the dicod server, in addition to the following plugins:
- ldap: provides LDAP support
- substr: provides a substring search strategy
- stratall: provides the ‘all’ search strategy
There are three methods to install dicod on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dicod Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dicod using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dicod
Install dicod Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dicod using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dicod
Install dicod 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 dicod using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dicod
How To Uninstall dicod on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dicod package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dicod
Uninstall dicod And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dicod and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dicod
Remove dicod Configurations and Data
To remove dicod configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dicod
Remove dicod configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dicod configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dicod
Dependencies
dicod have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dicod package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.