How To Install wcanadian 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 wcanadian on Ubuntu.
What is wcanadian
wcanadian is:
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).
There are also -small, -large and -huge versions of this word list, and there are wbritish* and wamerican* packages as well.
There are three methods to install wcanadian 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 wcanadian Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wcanadian using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wcanadian
Install wcanadian Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wcanadian using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wcanadian
Install wcanadian 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 wcanadian using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wcanadian
How To Uninstall wcanadian on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wcanadian package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wcanadian
Uninstall wcanadian And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wcanadian and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wcanadian
Remove wcanadian Configurations and Data
To remove wcanadian configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wcanadian
Remove wcanadian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wcanadian configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wcanadian
Dependencies
wcanadian have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wcanadian package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.