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

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

Introduction

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

What is dict-freedict-eng-cym

dict-freedict-eng-cym is:

This is the English-Welsh dictionary from the FreeDict project. It contains 12630 headwords (FreeDict status: big enough). 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-cym 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-cym 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-cym using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install dict-freedict-eng-cym Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-cym And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-cym 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-cym

Remove dict-freedict-eng-cym Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

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

References

Summary

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