How To Install gwaei on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gwaei on Ubuntu 22.04. gwaei is Japanese-English Dictionary for GNOME

Introduction

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

What is gwaei

gwaei is:

gWaei is an easy to use and yet powerful full-featured dictionary program for Japanese to English translation. It organizes results by relevance, supports regex searches, tabs, spell checking, kanji handwriting recognition and an accompanying console version for searches through the terminal.

There are three methods to install gwaei 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 gwaei Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gwaei

Install gwaei Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gwaei

Install gwaei 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 gwaei using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gwaei

How To Uninstall gwaei on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gwaei

Uninstall gwaei And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gwaei

Remove gwaei Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gwaei

Remove gwaei configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gwaei

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Summary

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