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

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "wordnet" package

This tutorial shows how to install wordnet on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall wordnet on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: wordnet
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Installed-Size: 180
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.0-33
Depends: wordnet-base (= 1:3.0-33), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: wordnet-gui | artha
Filename: pool/universe/w/wordnet/wordnet_3.0-33_amd64.deb
Size: 57232
MD5sum: 6925b3c62d2484fbff5edbc8d6058ada
SHA1: 0ed0ca074fd995fb649d5a35d7ca4324c2fcc8fc
SHA256: d784382b9d6aefd0052497c33afeb639b3798a680baad8523eb2c3cf2109486a
Description-en: electronic lexical database of English language
WordNet(C) is an on-line lexical reference system whose design is
inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical
memory. English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are organized
into synonym sets, each representing one underlying lexical
concept. Different relations link the synonym sets.
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WordNet was developed by the Cognitive Science Laboratory at Princeton
University under the direction of Professor George A. Miller (Principal
Investigator).
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WordNet is considered to be the most important resource available to
researchers in computational linguistics, text analysis, and many
related areas.
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Binary and manpages of WordNet as well as general manpages.
Description-md5: 791162978c67c87be997340ea3bad976
Homepage: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu