How To Install dico-module-mediawiki on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dico-module-mediawiki on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dico-module-mediawiki
dico-module-mediawiki 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 module that handles the use of Wiktionary or Wikipedia as a dictionary database.
There are three methods to install dico-module-mediawiki 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-module-mediawiki 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-module-mediawiki using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dico-module-mediawiki
Install dico-module-mediawiki Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dico-module-mediawiki using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dico-module-mediawiki
Install dico-module-mediawiki 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-module-mediawiki using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dico-module-mediawiki
How To Uninstall dico-module-mediawiki on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dico-module-mediawiki package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dico-module-mediawiki
Uninstall dico-module-mediawiki And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dico-module-mediawiki and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dico-module-mediawiki
Remove dico-module-mediawiki Configurations and Data
To remove dico-module-mediawiki configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dico-module-mediawiki
Remove dico-module-mediawiki configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dico-module-mediawiki configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dico-module-mediawiki
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dico-module-mediawiki package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
