How To Install wcanadian-large on Debian 12

Learn how to install wcanadian-large on Debian 12 with this tutorial. wcanadian-large is Canadian English dictionary words for /usr/share/dict

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcanadian-large on Debian 12.

What is wcanadian-large

wcanadian-large is:

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

This is a larger list than the one installed by wcanadian; nothing prevents you installing both (and others) at the same time.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install wcanadian-large

Install wcanadian-large Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wcanadian-large

Install wcanadian-large 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 wcanadian-large using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wcanadian-large

How To Uninstall wcanadian-large on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove wcanadian-large

Uninstall wcanadian-large And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wcanadian-large

Remove wcanadian-large Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wcanadian-large

Remove wcanadian-large configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wcanadian-large

Dependencies

wcanadian-large have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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