How To Install sdic-eijiro on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install sdic-eijiro on Ubuntu 18.04. sdic-eijiro is installer for EIJIRO dictionaries for sdic

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sdic-eijiro on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is sdic-eijiro

sdic-eijiro is:

This package installs the EIJIRO Japanese-English and English-Japanese dictionaries for use with sdic.

EIJIRO is available from the Electronic Dictionary Project, as detailed (in Japanese) at http://shop.alc.co.jp/cnt/eijiro/. The dictionary data can be obtained either by buying the book (ISBN 4-7574-0838-2) or by downloading it from http://www.eijiro.jp/ and buying a key.

There are three methods to install sdic-eijiro 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 sdic-eijiro Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sdic-eijiro

Install sdic-eijiro Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sdic-eijiro

Install sdic-eijiro 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 sdic-eijiro using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sdic-eijiro

How To Uninstall sdic-eijiro on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the sdic-eijiro package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sdic-eijiro

Uninstall sdic-eijiro And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sdic-eijiro

Remove sdic-eijiro Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sdic-eijiro

Remove sdic-eijiro configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sdic-eijiro

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Summary

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