How To Install libydpdict2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libydpdict2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libydpdict2
Remove libydpdict2 Configurations and Data
To remove libydpdict2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libydpdict2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
