How To Install wbritish on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install wbritish on Ubuntu 18.04. wbritish is British English dictionary words for /usr/share/dict

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wbritish on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is wbritish

wbritish is:

This package provides the file /usr/share/dict/british-english containing a list of English words with British spellings. This list can be used by spelling checkers, and by programs such as look(1).

There are also -small, -large, and -huge versions of this word list, and there are wamerican* and wcanadian* packages as well.

There are three methods to install wbritish 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 wbritish Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wbritish

Install wbritish Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wbritish

Install wbritish 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 wbritish using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wbritish

How To Uninstall wbritish on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove wbritish

Uninstall wbritish And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wbritish

Remove wbritish Configurations and Data

To remove wbritish configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wbritish

Remove wbritish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wbritish

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Summary

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