How To Install freedict-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freedict-tools
on Debian 12.
What is freedict-tools
freedict-tools is:
This package contains the FreeDict build system and its scripts, used to build and distribute dictionaries in the TEI format. FreeDict dictionaries are stored in a format independent from the dictionary program, called TEI. These utilities and scripts convert the TEI-formatted dictionaries into formats understood by dictionary programs.
There are three methods to install freedict-tools
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install freedict-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freedict-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freedict-tools
Install freedict-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freedict-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freedict-tools
Install freedict-tools 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 freedict-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freedict-tools
How To Uninstall freedict-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the freedict-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freedict-tools
Uninstall freedict-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freedict-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freedict-tools
Remove freedict-tools Configurations and Data
To remove freedict-tools
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freedict-tools
Remove freedict-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freedict-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freedict-tools
Dependencies
freedict-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freedict-tools
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.