How To Install dict-freedict-eng-fra on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-fra on Debian 10.
What is dict-freedict-eng-fra
dict-freedict-eng-fra is:
This is the English-French dictionary from the FreeDict project, version 0.1.6. It contains 8799 headwords (FreeDict status: small). 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-fra 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 dict-freedict-eng-fra 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-fra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dict-freedict-eng-fra
Install dict-freedict-eng-fra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-eng-fra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dict-freedict-eng-fra
Install dict-freedict-eng-fra 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-fra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dict-freedict-eng-fra
How To Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-fra on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dict-freedict-eng-fra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dict-freedict-eng-fra
Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-fra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-fra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict-freedict-eng-fra
Remove dict-freedict-eng-fra Configurations and Data
To remove dict-freedict-eng-fra configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dict-freedict-eng-fra
Remove dict-freedict-eng-fra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dict-freedict-eng-fra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-freedict-eng-fra
Dependencies
dict-freedict-eng-fra have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-fra package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.