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

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

Introduction

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

What is dict-freedict-eng-swh

dict-freedict-eng-swh is:

This is the English-Swahili dictionary from the FreeDict project. It contains 1450 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-swh 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-swh 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-swh using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install dict-freedict-eng-swh Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-swh And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-swh 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-swh

Remove dict-freedict-eng-swh Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

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

References

Summary

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