How To Install translate on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install translate on Debian 9. translate is translates words from English into German or viceversa

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install translate on Debian 9.

What is translate

translate is:

It looks up a word in a file with language-to-language translations (field separator should be " :: ") and maintains local dictionaries. So it should be easy to add more languages, if you have such a dictionary.

There are three methods to install translate on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install translate Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install translate

Install translate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install translate using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install translate

Install translate 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 translate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install translate

How To Uninstall translate on Debian 9

To uninstall only the translate package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove translate

Uninstall translate And Its Dependencies

To uninstall translate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove translate

Remove translate Configurations and Data

To remove translate configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge translate

Remove translate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge translate

Dependencies

translate have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install translate package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.