How To Install goldendict-webengine on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install goldendict-webengine on Debian 12.
What is goldendict-webengine
goldendict-webengine is:
GoldenDict is a feature-rich dictionary lookup program, supporting multiple dictionary formats (StarDict/Babylon/Lingvo/Dictd/AARD/MDict/SDict) and online dictionaries, featuring perfect article rendering with the complete markup, illustrations and other content retained, and allowing you to type in words without any accents or correct case.
This is a forked version that uses QtWebEngine as rendering engine instead of QtWebKit.
There are three methods to install goldendict-webengine 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 goldendict-webengine Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install goldendict-webengine using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install goldendict-webengine
Install goldendict-webengine Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install goldendict-webengine using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install goldendict-webengine
Install goldendict-webengine 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 goldendict-webengine using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install goldendict-webengine
How To Uninstall goldendict-webengine on Debian 12
To uninstall only the goldendict-webengine package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove goldendict-webengine
Uninstall goldendict-webengine And Its Dependencies
To uninstall goldendict-webengine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove goldendict-webengine
Remove goldendict-webengine Configurations and Data
To remove goldendict-webengine configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge goldendict-webengine
Remove goldendict-webengine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove goldendict-webengine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge goldendict-webengine
Dependencies
goldendict-webengine have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install goldendict-webengine package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
