How To Install dict-moby-thesaurus on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-moby-thesaurus on Debian 9.
What is dict-moby-thesaurus
dict-moby-thesaurus is:
Moby Thesaurus is the largest and most comprehensive thesaurus data source in English available for commercial use. This second edition has been thoroughly revised adding more than 5,000 root words (to total more than 30,000) with an additional million synonyms and related terms (to total more than 2.5 million synonyms and related terms).
This is formatted for use by the dictionary server in the dictd package.
There are three methods to install dict-moby-thesaurus 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-moby-thesaurus 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-moby-thesaurus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dict-moby-thesaurus
Install dict-moby-thesaurus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dict-moby-thesaurus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dict-moby-thesaurus
Install dict-moby-thesaurus 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-moby-thesaurus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dict-moby-thesaurus
How To Uninstall dict-moby-thesaurus on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dict-moby-thesaurus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dict-moby-thesaurus
Uninstall dict-moby-thesaurus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dict-moby-thesaurus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict-moby-thesaurus
Remove dict-moby-thesaurus Configurations and Data
To remove dict-moby-thesaurus configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dict-moby-thesaurus
Remove dict-moby-thesaurus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dict-moby-thesaurus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-moby-thesaurus
Dependencies
dict-moby-thesaurus have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-moby-thesaurus package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.