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

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

Introduction

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

What is dict-freedict-eng-hin

dict-freedict-eng-hin is:

This is the English-Hindi dictionary from the FreeDict project. It contains 25642 headwords (FreeDict status: low quality). 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-hin 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-hin 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-hin using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install dict-freedict-eng-hin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-hin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-hin 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-hin

Remove dict-freedict-eng-hin Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

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

References

Summary

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