How To Install dict-freedict-ara-eng on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-ara-eng on Debian 9.
What is dict-freedict-ara-eng
dict-freedict-ara-eng is:
This is the Arabic-English dictionary from the FreeDict project in version 0.6.2 (FreeDict status: stable). It contains 53000 headwords. It can be used for the dict server in conjunction with a dict client.
There are three methods to install dict-freedict-ara-eng 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 dict-freedict-ara-eng 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-freedict-ara-eng using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dict-freedict-ara-eng
Install dict-freedict-ara-eng Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-ara-eng using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dict-freedict-ara-eng
Install dict-freedict-ara-eng 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 dict-freedict-ara-eng using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dict-freedict-ara-eng
How To Uninstall dict-freedict-ara-eng on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dict-freedict-ara-eng package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dict-freedict-ara-eng
Uninstall dict-freedict-ara-eng And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dict-freedict-ara-eng and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict-freedict-ara-eng
Remove dict-freedict-ara-eng Configurations and Data
To remove dict-freedict-ara-eng configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dict-freedict-ara-eng
Remove dict-freedict-ara-eng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dict-freedict-ara-eng configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-freedict-ara-eng
Dependencies
dict-freedict-ara-eng have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-ara-eng package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.