How To Install dict-elements on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-elements
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is dict-elements
dict-elements is:
This package contains Jay Kominek’s [email protected] compilation of physical and chemical data about the elements, updated 11/07/00 formatted for use by the dictionary server in the dictd package.
This package will be of limited use without the client and server found in the dict and dictd packages.
There are three methods to install dict-elements
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dict-elements Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dict-elements
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dict-elements
Install dict-elements Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dict-elements
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dict-elements
Install dict-elements 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 dict-elements
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dict-elements
How To Uninstall dict-elements on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the dict-elements
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dict-elements
Uninstall dict-elements And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dict-elements
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict-elements
Remove dict-elements Configurations and Data
To remove dict-elements
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dict-elements
Remove dict-elements configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dict-elements
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-elements
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-elements
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.