How To Install opendict on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opendict
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is opendict
opendict is:
OpenDict is free cross-platform dictionary program. It works with DICT, Slowo and Mova dictionaries. It also supports plug-in dictionaries that may be created for almost any data source. OpenDict is a client for DICT servers.
There are three methods to install opendict
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 opendict Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install opendict
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install opendict
Install opendict Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install opendict
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install opendict
Install opendict 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 opendict
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install opendict
How To Uninstall opendict on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the opendict
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove opendict
Uninstall opendict And Its Dependencies
To uninstall opendict
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove opendict
Remove opendict Configurations and Data
To remove opendict
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge opendict
Remove opendict configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove opendict
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opendict
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opendict
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.