How To Install diction on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install diction on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove diction

Remove diction Configurations and Data

To remove diction configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• diction website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install diction package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.