How to Install and Uninstall dict Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "dict" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install dict on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dict on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dict package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: dict
Priority: optional
Section: text
Installed-Size: 178
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Robert Luberda
Architecture: amd64
Source: dictd
Version: 1.12.1+dfsg-3
Provides: dict-client
Depends: netbase, recode, libc6 (>= 2.14), libmaa3 (>= 1.2.0)
Recommends: gawk, m4
Suggests: dictd | dict-server
Filename: pool/main/d/dictd/dict_1.12.1+dfsg-3_amd64.deb
Size: 46804
MD5sum: 0aedefb24695595f84e224463609e45f
SHA1: 0b057e059ed2c808c797a87ac1f87abe1d803b79
SHA256: c069ac62ac22d4c212765c13aa7bcffcd219334ef7136b3d3cca1917e31fce2c
Description-en: dictionary client
This package provides a client application to query a dictd server.
The client-server protocol is TCP-based; the server may then be local or
accessed through the network.
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The DICT Development Group maintains several public servers which can
be accessed from any machine connected to the Internet. The default
configuration is to query one of these servers first. This may be
changed in the configuration file /etc/dictd/dict.conf.
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Queries may be customized by numerous command line options, including
specifying the database(s) to be queried and the search strategy to
be used.
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This package also provides dictl, which allows using UTF-8 encoded dictionaries
with terminals that do not support UTF-8.
Description-md5: 74d1a239ff1066a180ba971c6b64178b
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dict/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y