How To Install dict-freedict-fra-jpn on Debian 12

Learn how to install dict-freedict-fra-jpn on Debian 12 with this tutorial. dict-freedict-fra-jpn is French-Japanese dictionary for the dict server/client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-fra-jpn on Debian 12.

What is dict-freedict-fra-jpn

dict-freedict-fra-jpn is:

This is the French-Japanese dictionary from the FreeDict project. It contains 14769 headwords (FreeDict status: big enough to be useful). It can be either used with the dictd server and a dict client or with GoldenDict.

There are three methods to install dict-freedict-fra-jpn on Debian 12. 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-fra-jpn 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-fra-jpn using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dict-freedict-fra-jpn

Install dict-freedict-fra-jpn Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-fra-jpn using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dict-freedict-fra-jpn

Install dict-freedict-fra-jpn 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-fra-jpn using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dict-freedict-fra-jpn

How To Uninstall dict-freedict-fra-jpn on Debian 12

To uninstall only the dict-freedict-fra-jpn package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dict-freedict-fra-jpn

Uninstall dict-freedict-fra-jpn And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dict-freedict-fra-jpn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict-freedict-fra-jpn

Remove dict-freedict-fra-jpn Configurations and Data

To remove dict-freedict-fra-jpn configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dict-freedict-fra-jpn

Remove dict-freedict-fra-jpn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dict-freedict-fra-jpn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-freedict-fra-jpn

Dependencies

dict-freedict-fra-jpn have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-fra-jpn package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.