How To Install dict-freedict-eng-ara on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-ara on Debian 12.
What is dict-freedict-eng-ara
dict-freedict-eng-ara is:
This is the English-Arabic dictionary from the FreeDict project. It contains 87424 headwords (FreeDict status: stable). It can be either used with the dictd server and a dict client or with GoldenDict.
There are three methods to install dict-freedict-eng-ara 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 dict-freedict-eng-ara 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-eng-ara using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dict-freedict-eng-ara
Install dict-freedict-eng-ara Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-eng-ara using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dict-freedict-eng-ara
Install dict-freedict-eng-ara 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-eng-ara using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dict-freedict-eng-ara
How To Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-ara on Debian 12
To uninstall only the dict-freedict-eng-ara package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dict-freedict-eng-ara
Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-ara And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-ara and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict-freedict-eng-ara
Remove dict-freedict-eng-ara Configurations and Data
To remove dict-freedict-eng-ara configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dict-freedict-eng-ara
Remove dict-freedict-eng-ara configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dict-freedict-eng-ara configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-freedict-eng-ara
Dependencies
dict-freedict-eng-ara have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-ara package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
