How To Install wcanadian-small on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcanadian-small on Kali Linux. wcanadian-small is Canadian English dictionary words for /usr/share/dict

Introduction

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

What is wcanadian-small

wcanadian-small is:

This package provides the file /usr/share/dict/canadian-english-small 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 smaller list than the one installed by wcanadian; nothing prevents you installing both (and others) at the same time.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install wcanadian-small

Install wcanadian-small Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wcanadian-small

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

sudo aptitude -y install wcanadian-small

How To Uninstall wcanadian-small on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wcanadian-small

Uninstall wcanadian-small And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wcanadian-small

Remove wcanadian-small Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wcanadian-small

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

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

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

Dependencies

wcanadian-small have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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