How To Install diatheke on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install diatheke on Ubuntu.
What is diatheke
diatheke is:
The SWORD Project is an open source, cross-platform (Linux, Windows, Solaris, MacOSX etc.) API/library for Bible software with a constantly growing list of front-ends (GUI, textmode, web-based, etc.) and a library of over 200 text modules.
This package contains a command line utility for SWORD, allowing bible browsing and searching. This tool is used mostly only for library testing. Nicer front-ends are Xiphos (Gtk), Bibletime (Qt) and others.
There are three methods to install diatheke on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install diatheke Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install diatheke using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install diatheke
Install diatheke Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install diatheke using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install diatheke
Install diatheke Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install diatheke using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install diatheke
How To Uninstall diatheke on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the diatheke package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove diatheke
Uninstall diatheke And Its Dependencies
To uninstall diatheke and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove diatheke
Remove diatheke Configurations and Data
To remove diatheke configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge diatheke
Remove diatheke configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove diatheke configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge diatheke
Dependencies
diatheke have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install diatheke package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.