How To Install dict-freedict-eng-swe on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-swe on Debian 9.
What is dict-freedict-eng-swe
dict-freedict-eng-swe is:
This is the English-Swedish dictionary from the FreeDict project in version 0.1.1 (FreeDict status: small). It contains 5400 headwords. It can be used for the dict server in conjunction with a dict client.
There are three methods to install dict-freedict-eng-swe 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-swe 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-swe using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dict-freedict-eng-swe
Install dict-freedict-eng-swe Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-eng-swe using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dict-freedict-eng-swe
Install dict-freedict-eng-swe 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-swe using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dict-freedict-eng-swe
How To Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-swe on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dict-freedict-eng-swe package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dict-freedict-eng-swe
Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-swe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-swe 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-swe
Remove dict-freedict-eng-swe Configurations and Data
To remove dict-freedict-eng-swe configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dict-freedict-eng-swe
Remove dict-freedict-eng-swe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dict-freedict-eng-swe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-freedict-eng-swe
Dependencies
dict-freedict-eng-swe have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-swe package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.