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

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

Introduction

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

What is dict-freedict-eng-spa

dict-freedict-eng-spa is:

This is the English-Spanish dictionary from the FreeDict project. It contains 5907 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-spa 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-spa 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-spa using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install dict-freedict-eng-spa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-spa And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-spa 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-spa

Remove dict-freedict-eng-spa Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

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

References

Summary

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