How To Install dict-freedict-eng-swh on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-swh on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dict-freedict-eng-swh
dict-freedict-eng-swh is:
This is the English-Swahili (individual language) dictionary from the FreeDict project in version 0.2.1 (FreeDict status: too small). It contains 1450 headwords. It can be used for the dict server in conjunction with a dict client.
There are three methods to install dict-freedict-eng-swh 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-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 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-swh using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dict-freedict-eng-swh
How To Uninstall dict-freedict-eng-swh on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-freedict-eng-swh package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.