How To Install stardict-gtk 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 stardict-gtk on Ubuntu.

What is `stardict-gtk`

stardict-gtk is:

StarDict is a cross-platform international dictionary lookup program.

Main features:

Glob-style pattern matching search
Fuzzy search
Working from system tray
Scanning mouse selection and showing pop-up windows with translation of selected words
Pronouncing of the translated words
Plugins support
..and more

This package is compiled without GNOME support and contains only the program of stardict and will be of limited use without the dictionary files. For more information about how to get the dictionary files, please read /usr/share/doc/stardict/README.Debian.

There are three methods to install stardict-gtk 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 stardict-gtk Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install stardict-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install stardict-gtk

Install stardict-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install stardict-gtk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install stardict-gtk

Install stardict-gtk 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 stardict-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install stardict-gtk

How To Uninstall stardict-gtk on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the stardict-gtk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove stardict-gtk

Uninstall stardict-gtk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall stardict-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove stardict-gtk

Remove stardict-gtk Configurations and Data

To remove stardict-gtk configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge stardict-gtk

Remove stardict-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove stardict-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stardict-gtk

Dependencies

stardict-gtk have the following dependencies:

References

stardict-gtk website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install stardict-gtk package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.