How To Install dico-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dico-doc on Kali Linux. dico-doc is RFC 2229 compliant modular dictionary server (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dico-doc on Kali Linux.

What is dico-doc

dico-doc is:

GNU Dico is an implementation of the DICT protocol as defined in RFC 2229. It is fully modular: the daemon itself (dicod) provides only the server functionality, and knows nothing about database formats. Actual searches are performed by functions supplied in loadable modules. A single module can serve one or more databases.

This package contains the complete documentation for GNU Dico.

There are three methods to install dico-doc 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 dico-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dico-doc

Install dico-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dico-doc

Install dico-doc 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 dico-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dico-doc

How To Uninstall dico-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dico-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dico-doc

Uninstall dico-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dico-doc

Remove dico-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dico-doc

Remove dico-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dico-doc

Dependencies

dico-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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