How To Install wordnet-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wordnet-gui on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wordnet-gui
wordnet-gui is:
WordNet(C) is an on-line lexical reference system whose design is inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory. English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are organized into synonym sets, each representing one underlying lexical concept. Different relations link the synonym sets.
WordNet was developed by the Cognitive Science Laboratory at Princeton University under the direction of Professor George A. Miller (Principal Investigator).
WordNet is considered to be the most important resource available to researchers in computational linguistics, text analysis, and many related areas.
This package contains a Tcl/Tk Gui to browse wordnet dictionary.
There are three methods to install wordnet-gui 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 wordnet-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wordnet-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wordnet-gui
Install wordnet-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wordnet-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wordnet-gui
Install wordnet-gui 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 wordnet-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wordnet-gui
How To Uninstall wordnet-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wordnet-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wordnet-gui
Uninstall wordnet-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wordnet-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wordnet-gui
Remove wordnet-gui Configurations and Data
To remove wordnet-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wordnet-gui
Remove wordnet-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wordnet-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wordnet-gui
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wordnet-gui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
