How To Install wcanadian on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcanadian on Kali Linux.

What is wcanadian

wcanadian is:

This package provides the file /usr/share/dict/canadian-english containing a list of English words with Canadian 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 wbritish* and wamerican* packages as well.

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

Install wcanadian Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wcanadian

Install wcanadian Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wcanadian

Install wcanadian Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install wcanadian

How To Uninstall wcanadian on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wcanadian

Uninstall wcanadian And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wcanadian and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wcanadian

Remove wcanadian Configurations and Data

To remove wcanadian configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wcanadian

Remove wcanadian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wcanadian

Dependencies

wcanadian have the following dependencies:

• dictionaries-common
• debconf

References

• wcanadian website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcanadian package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.