Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict on Kali Linux.
What is dict
dict is:
This package provides a client application to query a dictd server.
The client-server protocol is TCP-based; the server may then be local or
accessed through the network.
The DICT Development Group maintains several public servers which can
be accessed from any machine connected to the Internet. The default
configuration is to query one of these servers first. This may be
changed in the configuration file /etc/dictd/dict.conf.
Queries may be customized by numerous command line options, including
specifying the database(s) to be queried and the search strategy to
be used.
This package also provides dictl, which allows using UTF-8 encoded dictionaries
with terminals that do not support UTF-8.
There are three methods to install dict on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dict Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dict using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dict
Install dict Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dict using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dictInstall dict Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dict using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dict
How To Uninstall dict on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the dict package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dict
Uninstall dict And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dict and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dict
Remove dict Configurations and Data
To remove dict configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dict
Remove dict configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dict configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dict
Dependencies
dict have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dict package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
