How To Install dict-freedict-eng-rom on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-rom on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dict-freedict-eng-rom
dict-freedict-eng-rom is:
This is the English-Romany dictionary from the FreeDict project in version 0.6.1 (FreeDict status: too small). It contains 950 headwords. It can be used for the dict server in conjunction with a dict client.
There are three methods to install dict-freedict-eng-rom 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-rom 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-rom using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dict-freedict-eng-rom
Install dict-freedict-eng-rom Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dict-freedict-eng-rom using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dict-freedict-eng-rom
Install dict-freedict-eng-rom 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-rom using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dict-freedict-eng-rom
How To Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-rom on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dict-freedict-eng-rom package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dict-freedict-eng-rom
Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-rom And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dict-freedict-eng-rom 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-rom
Remove dict-freedict-eng-rom Configurations and Data
To remove dict-freedict-eng-rom configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dict-freedict-eng-rom
Remove dict-freedict-eng-rom configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dict-freedict-eng-rom configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-freedict-eng-rom
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-rom package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
