How to Install and Uninstall wordnet Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the wordnet on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "wordnet" package

Please follow the steps below to install wordnet on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                wordnet
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "wordnet" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall wordnet on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                wordnet
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wordnet package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: wordnet
Version: 1:3.0-37
Installed-Size: 164
Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: wordnet-base (= 1:3.0-37), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: wordnet-gui | artha
Description: electronic lexical database of English language
Description-md5: 791162978c67c87be997340ea3bad976
Homepage: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/
Tag: field::linguistics, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program,
scope::application, uitoolkit::tk, use::checking,
works-with::dictionary, x11::application
Section: text
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wordnet/wordnet_3.0-37_amd64.deb
Size: 68328
MD5sum: 5ff998e9a2f1ebb88d9c1ed5d24b3187
SHA256: 49e43a3e2869fcc74cd7e8c3e8a61eb28979774d9ff01a3560005e9a0e1cf253