How To Install libydpdict2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libydpdict2 on Kali Linux.

What is libydpdict2

libydpdict2 is:

This library makes it easy for a program to read the dictionaries distributed by Young Digital Planet (English-Polish/Polish-English and/or German-Polish/Polish-German).

This package only contains the library, it does not contain the dictionary files. To use it, you need a copy of the dictionary from YDP and a program which can use this library (e.g. ydpdict).

There are three methods to install libydpdict2 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 libydpdict2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libydpdict2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libydpdict2

Install libydpdict2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libydpdict2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libydpdict2

Install libydpdict2 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 libydpdict2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libydpdict2

How To Uninstall libydpdict2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libydpdict2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libydpdict2

Uninstall libydpdict2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libydpdict2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libydpdict2

Remove libydpdict2 Configurations and Data

To remove libydpdict2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libydpdict2

Remove libydpdict2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libydpdict2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libydpdict2

Dependencies

libydpdict2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libydpdict2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libydpdict2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.