How To Install dict-gcide on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-gcide on Ubuntu 18.04. dict-gcide is Comprehensive English Dictionary

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dict-gcide on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is dict-gcide

dict-gcide is:

This package contains the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English, formatted for use by the dictionary server in the dictd package. The GCIDE contains the full text of the 1913 Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, supplemented by many definitions from WordNet, the Century Dictionary, 1906, and many additional definitions contributed by volunteers.

The definitions in the core of this dictionary are at least 85 years old, so they can not be expected to be politically correct by contemporary standards, and no attempt has been, or will be, made to make them so.

This package will be of limited use without the server found in the dictd package, or another RFC 2229 compliant server.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dict-gcide

Install dict-gcide Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dict-gcide

Install dict-gcide 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-gcide using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dict-gcide

How To Uninstall dict-gcide on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the dict-gcide package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dict-gcide

Uninstall dict-gcide And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict-gcide

Remove dict-gcide Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dict-gcide

Remove dict-gcide configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict-gcide

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Summary

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