How To Install sword-text-wlc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install sword-text-wlc on Ubuntu 18.04. sword-text-wlc is Westminster Leningrad Codex Version with Strong Numbers for SWORD

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sword-text-wlc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is sword-text-wlc

sword-text-wlc is:

This is the Westminster Leningrad Codex Version of the Holy Bible. The WLC source is maintained by the Westminster Hebrew Institute, Philadelphia, PA (http://whi.wts.edu/WHI). The Sword module is maintained by Martin Gruner (mg dot pub at gmx dot net).

This package contains data that require a viewer to be seen properly, such as GnomeSword, BibleTime or Kio-Sword.

Homepage: http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=WLC

There are three methods to install sword-text-wlc 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 sword-text-wlc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sword-text-wlc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sword-text-wlc

Install sword-text-wlc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sword-text-wlc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sword-text-wlc

Install sword-text-wlc 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 sword-text-wlc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sword-text-wlc

How To Uninstall sword-text-wlc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the sword-text-wlc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sword-text-wlc

Uninstall sword-text-wlc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sword-text-wlc

Remove sword-text-wlc Configurations and Data

To remove sword-text-wlc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sword-text-wlc

Remove sword-text-wlc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sword-text-wlc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sword-text-wlc

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Summary

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