How to Install and Uninstall dictionary-el Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "dictionary-el" package

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

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install dictionary-el

2. Uninstall "dictionary-el" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dictionary-el on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove dictionary-el $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the dictionary-el package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: dictionary-el
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Installed-Size: 144
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Aaron M. Ucko
Architecture: all
Version: 1.10-2
Provides: dict-client
Depends: emacs | emacsen, emacsen-common (>= 2.0.8)
Filename: pool/universe/d/dictionary-el/dictionary-el_1.10-2_all.deb
Size: 27146
MD5sum: 73f3c444214c540cb1fb22b33583d41a
SHA1: f95c6d8301ab0835a327fc827fcb7a66b62409f0
SHA256: 8c6d785c511e4e8b07fb9681a6ee39970d16597a2f3934cb4f1e586ebb56be6b
Description-en: dictionary client for Emacs
dictionary-el is a DICT (RFC 2229) client for (X)Emacs, with support
for brace-delimited cross references and UTF-8-encoded entries.
Note that XEmacs bundles a slightly older version of this package.
Description-md5: 2d13b9a248abef83650bb0b6868674ed
Homepage: http://www.myrkr.in-berlin.de/dictionary/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu