How To Install dict-freedict-eng-lit on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-lit on Debian 9.
What is dict-freedict-eng-lit
dict-freedict-eng-lit is:
This is the English-Lithuanian dictionary from the FreeDict project in version 0.7.1 (FreeDict status: stable). It contains 6255 headwords. It can be used for the dict server in conjunction with a dict client.
There are three methods to install dict-freedict-eng-lit 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-lit 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-lit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dict-freedict-eng-lit
Install dict-freedict-eng-lit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-eng-lit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dict-freedict-eng-lit
Install dict-freedict-eng-lit 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-lit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dict-freedict-eng-lit
How To Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-lit on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dict-freedict-eng-lit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dict-freedict-eng-lit
Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-lit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-lit 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-lit
Remove dict-freedict-eng-lit Configurations and Data
To remove dict-freedict-eng-lit configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dict-freedict-eng-lit
Remove dict-freedict-eng-lit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dict-freedict-eng-lit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-freedict-eng-lit
Dependencies
dict-freedict-eng-lit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-lit package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.