How To Install diction on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install diction on Debian 10.
What is diction
diction is:
This is a free implementation of two Unix commands, style and diction. They may help you improve your writing. English and German rules are included.
Home Page: http://www.gnu.org/software/diction/diction.html
There are three methods to install diction on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install diction Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install diction using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install diction
Install diction Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install diction using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install diction
Install diction 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 diction using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install diction
How To Uninstall diction on Debian 10
To uninstall only the diction package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove diction
Uninstall diction And Its Dependencies
To uninstall diction and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove diction
Remove diction Configurations and Data
To remove diction configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge diction
Remove diction configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove diction configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge diction
Dependencies
diction have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install diction package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.