How To Install dict-freedict-eng-hin on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-hin on Debian 9.
What is dict-freedict-eng-hin
dict-freedict-eng-hin is:
This is the English-Hindi dictionary from the FreeDict project in version 1.5.2 (FreeDict status: low quality). It contains 25642 headwords. It can be used for the dict server in conjunction with a dict client.
There are three methods to install dict-freedict-eng-hin 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-eng-hin 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-hin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dict-freedict-eng-hin
Install dict-freedict-eng-hin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-eng-hin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dict-freedict-eng-hin
Install dict-freedict-eng-hin 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-hin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dict-freedict-eng-hin
How To Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-hin on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dict-freedict-eng-hin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dict-freedict-eng-hin
Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-hin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-hin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict-freedict-eng-hin
Remove dict-freedict-eng-hin Configurations and Data
To remove dict-freedict-eng-hin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dict-freedict-eng-hin
Remove dict-freedict-eng-hin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dict-freedict-eng-hin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-freedict-eng-hin
Dependencies
dict-freedict-eng-hin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-hin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.