How To Install dict-freedict-eng-ell on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-ell on Ubuntu 18.04. dict-freedict-eng-ell is English-Modern Greek (1453-) dictionary for the dict server/client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-ell on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is dict-freedict-eng-ell

dict-freedict-eng-ell is:

This is the English-Modern Greek (1453-) dictionary from the FreeDict project in version 0.1 (FreeDict status: big enough to be useful). It contains 20984 headwords. It can be used for the dict server in conjunction with a dict client.

There are three methods to install dict-freedict-eng-ell 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 dict-freedict-eng-ell 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-ell using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install dict-freedict-eng-ell Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

How To Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-ell on Ubuntu 18.04

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

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

Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-ell And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-ell and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict-freedict-eng-ell

Remove dict-freedict-eng-ell Configurations and Data

To remove dict-freedict-eng-ell configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-ell package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.