How To Install dico-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dico-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dico-doc
dico-doc is:
GNU Dico is an implementation of the DICT protocol as defined in RFC 2229. It is fully modular: the daemon itself (dicod) provides only the server functionality, and knows nothing about database formats. Actual searches are performed by functions supplied in loadable modules. A single module can serve one or more databases.
This package contains the complete documentation for GNU Dico.
There are three methods to install dico-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dico-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dico-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dico-doc
Install dico-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dico-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dico-doc
Install dico-doc Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dico-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dico-doc
How To Uninstall dico-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dico-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dico-doc
Uninstall dico-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dico-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dico-doc
Remove dico-doc Configurations and Data
To remove dico-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dico-doc
Remove dico-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dico-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dico-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dico-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
