How To Install edict on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install edict on Ubuntu 22.04. edict is English / Japanese dictionary

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install edict on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is edict

edict is:

The EDICT file is the outcome of a voluntary project to produce a freely available Japanese / English dictionary in machine-readable form. This package also contains the compdic, computing and communications dictionary file.

There are three methods to install edict on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install edict Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install edict

Install edict Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install edict using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install edict

Install edict 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 edict using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install edict

How To Uninstall edict on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the edict package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove edict

Uninstall edict And Its Dependencies

To uninstall edict and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove edict

Remove edict Configurations and Data

To remove edict configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge edict

Remove edict configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge edict

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install edict package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.