How To Install edict-el on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install edict-el on Kali Linux.

What is edict-el

edict-el is:

This package provides edict.el and associated files, thus allowing to query the Edict Japanese-English dictionary from within Emacs.

Using the region and couple of keystrokes, edict.el will look up the Japanese key and return all the Edict entries containing that key, in a pop-up buffer. English is even easier, you just put point anywhere in the word you want to look up.

There are three methods to install edict-el 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 edict-el Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install edict-el using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install edict-el

Install edict-el Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install edict-el using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install edict-el

Install edict-el 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 edict-el using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install edict-el

How To Uninstall edict-el on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the edict-el package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove edict-el

Uninstall edict-el And Its Dependencies

To uninstall edict-el and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove edict-el

Remove edict-el Configurations and Data

To remove edict-el configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge edict-el

Remove edict-el configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove edict-el configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge edict-el

Dependencies

edict-el have the following dependencies:

• emacs
• edict

References

• edict-el website

Summary

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