How To Install naist-jdic on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install naist-jdic on Ubuntu 18.04. naist-jdic is free Japanese Dictionaries for ChaSen (replacement of ipadic)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install naist-jdic on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is naist-jdic

naist-jdic is:

NAIST Japanese Dictionary is a Dictionary for ChaSen, Japanese morphological analysis implementation.

This is based on ipadic, however it is released under BSD style license now by NAIST (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan), so it is free and can replace ipadic.

There are three methods to install naist-jdic 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 naist-jdic Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install naist-jdic

Install naist-jdic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install naist-jdic

Install naist-jdic 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 naist-jdic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install naist-jdic

How To Uninstall naist-jdic on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the naist-jdic package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove naist-jdic

Uninstall naist-jdic And Its Dependencies

To uninstall naist-jdic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove naist-jdic

Remove naist-jdic Configurations and Data

To remove naist-jdic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge naist-jdic

Remove naist-jdic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge naist-jdic

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install naist-jdic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.