How To Install stardict-plugin on Debian 12

Learn how to install stardict-plugin on Debian 12 with this tutorial. stardict-plugin is International dictionary lookup program - common plugins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install stardict-plugin on Debian 12.

What is stardict-plugin

stardict-plugin 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 some add-on plugins for StarDict. Includes:

  • man virtual dict plugin
  • qqwry virtual dict plugin
  • html parse plugin
  • xdxf parse plugin
  • wordnet plugin
  • powerword parse plugin
  • wiki parse plugin
  • customdict plugin
  • stardict_espeak_ng plugin
  • stardict_flite plugin
  • stardict_gucharmap plugin
  • stardict_update_info plugin
  • stardict_youdaodict plugin
  • stardict_multi_cmd plugin(add in 3.0.7+git20220909)

There are three methods to install stardict-plugin 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install stardict-plugin

Install stardict-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install stardict-plugin

Install stardict-plugin 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install stardict-plugin

How To Uninstall stardict-plugin on Debian 12

To uninstall only the stardict-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove stardict-plugin

Uninstall stardict-plugin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall stardict-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove stardict-plugin

Remove stardict-plugin Configurations and Data

To remove stardict-plugin configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge stardict-plugin

Remove stardict-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stardict-plugin

Dependencies

stardict-plugin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install stardict-plugin package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.