How To Install wportuguese on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install wportuguese on Ubuntu 18.04. wportuguese is European Portuguese wordlist

Introduction

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

What is wportuguese

wportuguese is:

This package provides the file /usr/share/dict/portuguese containing a list of Portuguese words with European spellings. It was obtained from the ispell.pt dictionary developed by the Informatics Department at Minho’s University in Portugal.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wportuguese

Install wportuguese Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wportuguese

Install wportuguese 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 wportuguese using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wportuguese

How To Uninstall wportuguese on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove wportuguese

Uninstall wportuguese And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wportuguese

Remove wportuguese Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wportuguese

Remove wportuguese configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wportuguese

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Summary

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