How To Install dictionaries-common on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dictionaries-common on Debian 11.
What is dictionaries-common
dictionaries-common is:
This package provides utilities shared between all wordlists and spelling dictionaries for Ispell, Aspell, or MySpell/Hunspell. It also includes support infrastructure for software using them (such as JED and Mutt), and some patched spell-checking Lisp files for better Emacs integration.
More information about the availability of these dictionaries and their naming conventions is available in the README.Debian file.
There are three methods to install dictionaries-common on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dictionaries-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dictionaries-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dictionaries-common
Install dictionaries-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dictionaries-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dictionaries-common
Install dictionaries-common 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 dictionaries-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dictionaries-common
How To Uninstall dictionaries-common on Debian 11
To uninstall only the dictionaries-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dictionaries-common
Uninstall dictionaries-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dictionaries-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dictionaries-common
Remove dictionaries-common Configurations and Data
To remove dictionaries-common configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dictionaries-common
Remove dictionaries-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dictionaries-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dictionaries-common
Dependencies
dictionaries-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dictionaries-common package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.