How To Install whitakers-words 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 whitakers-words on Ubuntu.
What is whitakers-words
whitakers-words is:
Whitakers Words is a program that takes in words in Latin, and analyzes them to determine the stems, case, form, and any possible translations. It can also provide Latin words with a given translation, going from Latin to English. It is an invaluable tool for Latin users, be they experts or new learners.
Words was created by Willam Whitaker (1936-2010) as a curiosity that demonstrated his new programming language, Ada. It was since improved and iterated on, ported away from it’s DOS roots, and given an online access point.
This package contains the executable parser program.
There are three methods to install whitakers-words 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 whitakers-words Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install whitakers-words using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install whitakers-words
Install whitakers-words Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install whitakers-words using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install whitakers-words
Install whitakers-words 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 whitakers-words using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install whitakers-words
How To Uninstall whitakers-words on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the whitakers-words package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove whitakers-words
Uninstall whitakers-words And Its Dependencies
To uninstall whitakers-words and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove whitakers-words
Remove whitakers-words Configurations and Data
To remove whitakers-words configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge whitakers-words
Remove whitakers-words configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove whitakers-words configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge whitakers-words
Dependencies
whitakers-words have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install whitakers-words package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.