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

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

Introduction

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

What is dict-freedict-eng-rus

dict-freedict-eng-rus is:

This is the English-Russian dictionary from the FreeDict project. It contains 1693 headwords (FreeDict status: too 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-rus 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-rus 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-rus using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install dict-freedict-eng-rus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-rus And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-rus 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-rus

Remove dict-freedict-eng-rus Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

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

References

Summary

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