How To Install stardict-plugin-cal on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install stardict-plugin-cal on Debian 12.
What is stardict-plugin-cal
stardict-plugin-cal is:
StarDict is a cross-platform international dictionary lookup program.
Main features:
- Glob-style pattern matching search
- Fuzzy search
- Working from system tray
- Scanning mouse selection and showing pop-up windows with translation of selected words
- Pronouncing of the translated words
- Plugins support
- ..and more
This package contains cal plugin for StarDict which can display cal.
There are three methods to install stardict-plugin-cal on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install stardict-plugin-cal Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install stardict-plugin-cal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install stardict-plugin-cal
Install stardict-plugin-cal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install stardict-plugin-cal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install stardict-plugin-cal
Install stardict-plugin-cal 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install stardict-plugin-cal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install stardict-plugin-cal
How To Uninstall stardict-plugin-cal on Debian 12
To uninstall only the stardict-plugin-cal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove stardict-plugin-cal
Uninstall stardict-plugin-cal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall stardict-plugin-cal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove stardict-plugin-cal
Remove stardict-plugin-cal Configurations and Data
To remove stardict-plugin-cal configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge stardict-plugin-cal
Remove stardict-plugin-cal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove stardict-plugin-cal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stardict-plugin-cal
Dependencies
stardict-plugin-cal have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install stardict-plugin-cal package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
