How To Install xjdic on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xjdic on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xjdic
xjdic is:
XJDIC is an electronic Japanese-English dictionary program designed to operate in the X11 window environment. In particular, it must run in an “xterm” environment which has Japanese language support such as provided by “kterm” etc.
There are three methods to install xjdic 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 xjdic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xjdic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xjdic
Install xjdic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xjdic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xjdic
Install xjdic 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 xjdic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xjdic
How To Uninstall xjdic on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xjdic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xjdic
Uninstall xjdic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xjdic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xjdic
Remove xjdic Configurations and Data
To remove xjdic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xjdic
Remove xjdic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xjdic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xjdic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xjdic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
