How To Install stardict-plugin-spell 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-plugin-spell on Ubuntu.
What is stardict-plugin-spell
stardict-plugin-spell 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 contains spell plugin for StarDict which give you spelling suggestion while you searching the dictionary.
There are three methods to install stardict-plugin-spell 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-plugin-spell 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-plugin-spell using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install stardict-plugin-spell
Install stardict-plugin-spell Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install stardict-plugin-spell using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install stardict-plugin-spell
Install stardict-plugin-spell 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-plugin-spell using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install stardict-plugin-spell
How To Uninstall stardict-plugin-spell on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the stardict-plugin-spell package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove stardict-plugin-spell
Uninstall stardict-plugin-spell And Its Dependencies
To uninstall stardict-plugin-spell and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove stardict-plugin-spell
Remove stardict-plugin-spell Configurations and Data
To remove stardict-plugin-spell configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge stardict-plugin-spell
Remove stardict-plugin-spell configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove stardict-plugin-spell configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stardict-plugin-spell
Dependencies
stardict-plugin-spell have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install stardict-plugin-spell package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.