How To Install dict-freedict-eng-afr on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-afr on Kali Linux. dict-freedict-eng-afr is English-Afrikaans dictionary for the dict server/client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-afr on Kali Linux.

What is dict-freedict-eng-afr

dict-freedict-eng-afr is:

This is the English-Afrikaans dictionary from the FreeDict project. It contains 6397 headwords (FreeDict status: small). It can be either used with the dictd server and a dict client or with GoldenDict.

There are three methods to install dict-freedict-eng-afr 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 dict-freedict-eng-afr Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-eng-afr using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dict-freedict-eng-afr

Install dict-freedict-eng-afr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-eng-afr using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dict-freedict-eng-afr

Install dict-freedict-eng-afr 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 dict-freedict-eng-afr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dict-freedict-eng-afr

How To Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-afr on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dict-freedict-eng-afr package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dict-freedict-eng-afr

Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-afr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-afr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict-freedict-eng-afr

Remove dict-freedict-eng-afr Configurations and Data

To remove dict-freedict-eng-afr configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dict-freedict-eng-afr

Remove dict-freedict-eng-afr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dict-freedict-eng-afr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-freedict-eng-afr

Dependencies

dict-freedict-eng-afr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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