How To Install dict-freedict-eng-spa on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-spa on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dict-freedict-eng-spa
dict-freedict-eng-spa is:
This is the English-Spanish dictionary from the FreeDict project in version 0.2.1 (FreeDict status: small). It contains 5900 headwords. It can be used for the dict server in conjunction with a dict client.
There are three methods to install dict-freedict-eng-spa on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-spa 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-spa using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dict-freedict-eng-spa
Install dict-freedict-eng-spa Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-eng-spa using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dict-freedict-eng-spa
Install dict-freedict-eng-spa 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-eng-spa using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dict-freedict-eng-spa
How To Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-spa on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dict-freedict-eng-spa package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dict-freedict-eng-spa
Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-spa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-spa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict-freedict-eng-spa
Remove dict-freedict-eng-spa Configurations and Data
To remove dict-freedict-eng-spa configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dict-freedict-eng-spa
Remove dict-freedict-eng-spa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dict-freedict-eng-spa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-freedict-eng-spa
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-spa package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.