Information about the package, dictd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dictd package is designed for, DICT protocol (RFC 2229) server and command-line client.
Package Name:
dictd
Summary:
DICT protocol (RFC 2229) server and command-line client
URL:
Description:
Command-line client for the DICT protocol. The Dictionary Server Protocol (DICT) is a TCP transaction based query/response protocol that allows a client to access dictionary definitions from a set of natural language dictionary databases.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.12.1
Release:
20.el6
Size:
124 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ and zlib and MIT
Control the dictd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dictd
This command will install dictd on the server.
yum remove dictd
This command will un-install dictd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dictd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dictd
This command will un-install dictd on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove dictd when using the -y flag.
yum update dictd
This command will update dictd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dictd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dictd
This command will update dictd to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove dictd when using the -y flag.
yum info dictd
This command will show you core information about the dictd package.
yum deplist dictd
This command will show you the dependencies for dictd. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update dictd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dictd. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.