How To Install gjiten on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gjiten on Debian 11.
What is gjiten
gjiten is:
Gjiten is a Japanese dictionary for GNOME with advanced word and kanji lookup features. Requires dictionary files (edict, kanjidic) to function. See http://gjiten.sourceforge.net for more dictionary files and updates.
There are three methods to install gjiten 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 gjiten Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gjiten using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gjiten
Install gjiten Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gjiten using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gjiten
Install gjiten 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 gjiten using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gjiten
How To Uninstall gjiten on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gjiten package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gjiten
Uninstall gjiten And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gjiten and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gjiten
Remove gjiten Configurations and Data
To remove gjiten configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gjiten
Remove gjiten configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gjiten configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gjiten
Dependencies
gjiten have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- kanjidic
- edict
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gjiten package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.