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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "wcanadian" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install wcanadian 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 "wcanadian" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall wcanadian on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: wcanadian
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Installed-Size: 990
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Don Armstrong
Architecture: all
Source: scowl
Version: 7.1-1
Provides: wordlist
Depends: dictionaries-common (>= 0.20), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Filename: pool/universe/s/scowl/wcanadian_7.1-1_all.deb
Size: 268992
MD5sum: 921513430ac98e069971c73f95f94934
SHA1: b92b28143ce9be8c96941e1c584626ec5e8a9d73
SHA256: d67442cb72026a6ce05f142f7239c14000847ecfa37cbd318885dd33dac82dea
Description-en: Canadian English dictionary words for /usr/share/dict
This package provides the file /usr/share/dict/canadian-english
containing a list of English words with Canadian spellings.
This list can be used by spelling checkers, and by programs such
as look(1).
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There are also -small, -large and -huge versions of this word list,
and there are wbritish* and wamerican* packages as well.
Description-md5: fda6495f146f251df0601393fe5b6c65
Homepage: http://wordlist.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu