How To Install eblook on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eblook on Debian 10.
What is eblook
eblook is:
eblook is a command for accessing electronic dictionaries using EB Library. By this command, you can easily use CD-ROM books of EPWING format (EPWING is popular in Japan).
For emacsen, please install the lookup-el package. It works as an interface to eblook on emacsen.
There are three methods to install eblook 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 eblook Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eblook using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eblook
Install eblook Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eblook using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eblook
Install eblook 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 eblook using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eblook
How To Uninstall eblook on Debian 10
To uninstall only the eblook package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eblook
Uninstall eblook And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eblook and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eblook
Remove eblook Configurations and Data
To remove eblook configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eblook
Remove eblook configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eblook configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eblook
Dependencies
eblook have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eblook package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.