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.
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.
| Original maintainer | Robert Luberda |
|---|---|
| Homepage | https://sourceforge.net/projects/dict/ |
1.12.1
| Distribution | Version | Since | Package | Installed | Packager | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deb | 1.12.1+dfsg-8 | 2019-01-12 | 79.8 kiB | 162 kiB | Robert Luberda |
| deb | 1.12.1+dfsg-4 | 2017-11-10 | 77.3 kiB | 155 kiB | Robert Luberda |
| deb | 1.12.1+dfsg-4 | 2017-11-10 | 48.1 kiB | 155 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
| deb | 1.12.1+dfsg-4 | 2017-11-10 | 48.1 kiB | 155 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
| deb | 1.12.1+dfsg-8 | 2019-01-14 | 50 kiB | 162 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
| deb | 1.12.1+dfsg-8 | 2019-01-14 | 50 kiB | 162 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
| deb | 1.12.1+dfsg-8 | 2019-06-17 | 50 kiB | 162 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
| deb | 1.12.1+dfsg-8 | 2020-01-07 | 50 kiB | 162 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
| deb | 1.12.1+dfsg-3 | 2017-11-10 | 45.7 kiB | 178 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
Manual pages
colorit(1)
colorit - a script for markuping the text input
dict(1)
dict - DICT Protocol Client
dictl(1)
dictl - wrapper script for dict that permits using utf-8 encoded dictionaries on a terminal that is not utf-8 aware.
dict_lookup(1)
dict_lookup - DICT Protocol Client
Latest updates
Ubuntu 20.04 focal/main: Version 1.12.1+dfsg-8 introduced
2020-01-07
- Ignore errors of update-inetd --disable/--remove, as update-inetd has recently stared failing on missing /etc/inetd.conf (closes: #906420). This is not done for --add/--enable, basing on the assumption that if user selects inetd-mode only if inetd is already installed.
- Standards-Version: 4.2.0.
Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 1.12.1+dfsg-8 reintroduced
2019-08-19
- Ignore errors of update-inetd --disable/--remove, as update-inetd has recently stared failing on missing /etc/inetd.conf (closes: #906420). This is not done for --add/--enable, basing on the assumption that if user selects inetd-mode only if inetd is already installed.
- Standards-Version: 4.2.0.
Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 1.12.1+dfsg-8 removed
2019-08-19
Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 1.12.1+dfsg-8 reintroduced
2019-08-14
- Ignore errors of update-inetd --disable/--remove, as update-inetd has recently stared failing on missing /etc/inetd.conf (closes: #906420). This is not done for --add/--enable, basing on the assumption that if user selects inetd-mode only if inetd is already installed.
- Standards-Version: 4.2.0.
Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 1.12.1+dfsg-8 removed
2019-08-14
Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 1.12.1+dfsg-8 reintroduced
2019-08-02
- Ignore errors of update-inetd --disable/--remove, as update-inetd has recently stared failing on missing /etc/inetd.conf (closes: #906420). This is not done for --add/--enable, basing on the assumption that if user selects inetd-mode only if inetd is already installed.
- Standards-Version: 4.2.0.
Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 1.12.1+dfsg-8 removed
2019-08-01
Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 1.12.1+dfsg-8 introduced
2019-06-17
- Ignore errors of update-inetd --disable/--remove, as update-inetd has recently stared failing on missing /etc/inetd.conf (closes: #906420). This is not done for --add/--enable, basing on the assumption that if user selects inetd-mode only if inetd is already installed.
- Standards-Version: 4.2.0.
Ubuntu 19.04 disco/main: Version 1.12.1+dfsg-8 introduced
2019-01-14
- Ignore errors of update-inetd --disable/--remove, as update-inetd has recently stared failing on missing /etc/inetd.conf (closes: #906420). This is not done for --add/--enable, basing on the assumption that if user selects inetd-mode only if inetd is already installed.
- Standards-Version: 4.2.0.
Ubuntu 18.10 cosmic/main: Version 1.12.1+dfsg-8 introduced
2019-01-14
- Ignore errors of update-inetd --disable/--remove, as update-inetd has recently stared failing on missing /etc/inetd.conf (closes: #906420). This is not done for --add/--enable, basing on the assumption that if user selects inetd-mode only if inetd is already installed.
- Standards-Version: 4.2.0.
Debian 10.0 buster/main: Updated from 1.12.1+dfsg-4 to 1.12.1+dfsg-8
2019-01-12
- Ignore errors of update-inetd --disable/--remove, as update-inetd has recently stared failing on missing /etc/inetd.conf (closes: #906420). This is not done for --add/--enable, basing on the assumption that if user selects inetd-mode only if inetd is already installed.
- Standards-Version: 4.2.0.
Debian 10.0 buster/main: Version 1.12.1+dfsg-4 introduced
2017-11-10
- Add 12-no-name-flag.patch to introduce --no-name option for dictzip to help reproducible builds (closes: #776430).
- Update 09-spelling-typos.patch with fixes for more typos found by lintian.
- debian/rules: enable all hardening options.
- debian/copyright: make license names unique (lintian).
- Fix command-with-path-in-maintainer-script lintian warning, and remove old work-around for bug#510406.
- Add 13-Fix-compiler-warnings.patch to fix some of the warnings generated by gcc-6.
- debian/control:
- switch to https and cgit in Vcs fields;
- Standards-Version: 3.9.8 (no changes).
Debian 9.0 stretch/main: Version 1.12.1+dfsg-4 introduced
2017-11-10
- Add 12-no-name-flag.patch to introduce --no-name option for dictzip to help reproducible builds (closes: #776430).
- Update 09-spelling-typos.patch with fixes for more typos found by lintian.
- debian/rules: enable all hardening options.
- debian/copyright: make license names unique (lintian).
- Fix command-with-path-in-maintainer-script lintian warning, and remove old work-around for bug#510406.
- Add 13-Fix-compiler-warnings.patch to fix some of the warnings generated by gcc-6.
- debian/control:
- switch to https and cgit in Vcs fields;
- Standards-Version: 3.9.8 (no changes).
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS bionic/main: Version 1.12.1+dfsg-4 introduced
2017-11-10
- Add 12-no-name-flag.patch to introduce --no-name option for dictzip to help reproducible builds (closes: #776430).
- Update 09-spelling-typos.patch with fixes for more typos found by lintian.
- debian/rules: enable all hardening options.
- debian/copyright: make license names unique (lintian).
- Fix command-with-path-in-maintainer-script lintian warning, and remove old work-around for bug#510406.
- Add 13-Fix-compiler-warnings.patch to fix some of the warnings generated by gcc-6.
- debian/control:
- switch to https and cgit in Vcs fields;
- Standards-Version: 3.9.8 (no changes).
Ubuntu 17.10 artful/main: Version 1.12.1+dfsg-4 introduced
2017-11-10
- Add 12-no-name-flag.patch to introduce --no-name option for dictzip to help reproducible builds (closes: #776430).
- Update 09-spelling-typos.patch with fixes for more typos found by lintian.
- debian/rules: enable all hardening options.
- debian/copyright: make license names unique (lintian).
- Fix command-with-path-in-maintainer-script lintian warning, and remove old work-around for bug#510406.
- Add 13-Fix-compiler-warnings.patch to fix some of the warnings generated by gcc-6.
- debian/control:
- switch to https and cgit in Vcs fields;
- Standards-Version: 3.9.8 (no changes).
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial/main: Version 1.12.1+dfsg-3 introduced
2017-11-10
- Build-Depends on libtool-bin instead of libtool (closes: #761744).
- Standards-Version: 3.9.6 (no changes).
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dict-foldoc - FOLDOC dictionary database
dict-freedict-afr-deu - Afrikaans-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-afr-eng - Afrikaans-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-all - meta-package to install or dictionary databases from the FreeDict project
dict-freedict-ara-eng - Arabic-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-bre-fra - Breton-French dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-ces-eng - Czech-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-ckb-kmr - Central Kurdish-Northern Kurdish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-cym-eng - Welsh-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-dan-eng - Danish-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-deu-bul - German-Bulgarian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-deu-eng - German-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-deu-fra - German-French dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-deu-ita - German-Italian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-deu-kur - German-Kurdish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-deu-nld - German-Dutch dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-deu-pol - German-Polish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-deu-por - German-Portuguese dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-deu-rus - German-Russian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-deu-spa - German-Spanish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-deu-swe - German-Swedish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-deu-tur - German-Turkish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-afr - English-Afrikaans dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-ara - English-Arabic dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-bul - English-Bulgarian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-ces - English-Czech dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-cym - English-Welsh dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-deu - English-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-ell - English-Modern Greek (1453-) dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-fin - English-Finnish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-fra - English-French dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-gle - English-Irish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-hin - English-Hindi dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-hrv - English-Croatian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-hun - English-Hungarian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-ita - English-Italian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-jpn - English-Japanese dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-lat - English-Latin dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-lit - English-Lithuanian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-nld - English-Dutch dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-pol - English-Polish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-por - English-Portuguese dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-rom - English-Romany dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-rus - English-Russian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-spa - English-Spanish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-srp - English-Serbian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-swe - English-Swedish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-swh - English-Swahili (individual language) dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-eng-tur - English-Turkish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-epo-eng - Esperanto-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fin-bul - Finnish-Bulgarian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fin-ell - Finnish-Modern Greek (1453-) dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fin-eng - Finnish-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fin-ita - Finnish-Italian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fin-jpn - Finnish-Japanese dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fin-nor - Finnish-Norwegian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fin-por - Finnish-Portuguese dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fin-swe - Finnish-Swedish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fra-bre - French-Breton dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fra-bul - French-Bulgarian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fra-deu - French-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fra-ell - French-Modern Greek (1453-) dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fra-eng - French-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fra-fin - French-Finnish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fra-ita - French-Italian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fra-jpn - French-Japanese dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fra-nld - French-Dutch dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fra-pol - French-Polish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fra-por - French-Portuguese dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fra-rus - French-Russian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fra-spa - French-Spanish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fra-swe - French-Swedish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-fra-tur - French-Turkish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-gla-deu - Scottish Gaelic-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-gle-eng - Irish-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-gle-pol - Irish-Polish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-hrv-eng - Croatian-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-hun-eng - Hungarian-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-isl-eng - Icelandic-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-ita-deu - Italian-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-ita-ell - Italian-Modern Greek (1453-) dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-ita-eng - Italian-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-ita-fin - Italian-Finnish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-ita-jpn - Italian-Japanese dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-ita-pol - Italian-Polish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-ita-por - Italian-Portuguese dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-ita-rus - Italian-Russian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-ita-swe - Italian-Swedish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-jpn-deu - Japanese-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-jpn-eng - Japanese-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-jpn-fra - Japanese-French dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-jpn-rus - Japanese-Russian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-kha-deu - Khasi-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-kha-eng - Khasi-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-kur-deu - Kurdish-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-kur-eng - Kurdish-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-kur-tur - Kurdish-Turkish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-lat-deu - Latin-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-lat-eng - Latin-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-lit-eng - Lithuanian-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-mkd-bul - Macedonian-Bulgarian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-nld-deu - Dutch-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-nld-eng - Dutch-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-nld-fra - Dutch-French dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-nld-ita - Dutch-Italian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-nld-spa - Dutch-Spanish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-nld-swe - Dutch-Swedish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-nno-nob - Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-oci-cat - Occitan (post 1500)-Catalan dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-pol-deu - Polish-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-pol-ell - Polish-Modern Greek (1453-) dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-pol-eng - Polish-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-pol-fin - Polish-Finnish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-pol-fra - Polish-French dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-pol-gle - Polish-Irish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-pol-ita - Polish-Italian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-pol-nld - Polish-Dutch dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-pol-nor - Polish-Norwegian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-pol-por - Polish-Portuguese dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-pol-rus - Polish-Russian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-pol-spa - Polish-Spanish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-pol-swe - Polish-Swedish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-por-deu - Portuguese-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-por-eng - Portuguese-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-por-spa - Portuguese-Spanish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-san-deu - Sanskrit-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-slk-eng - Slovak-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-spa-ast - Spanish-Asturian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-spa-deu - Spanish-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-spa-eng - Spanish-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-spa-por - Spanish-Portuguese dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-srp-eng - Serbian-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-swa-eng - Dict package for Swahili-English Freedict dictionary
dict-freedict-swe-bul - Swedish-Bulgarian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-swe-deu - Swedish-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-swe-ell - Swedish-Modern Greek (1453-) dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-swe-eng - Swedish-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-swe-fin - Swedish-Finnish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-swe-fra - Swedish-French dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-swe-ita - Swedish-Italian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-swe-lat - Swedish-Latin dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-swe-pol - Swedish-Polish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-swe-por - Swedish-Portuguese dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-swe-rus - Swedish-Russian dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-swe-spa - Swedish-Spanish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-swe-tur - Swedish-Turkish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-swh-eng - Swahili (individual language)-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-swh-pol - Swahili (individual language)-Polish dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-tur-deu - Turkish-German dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-tur-eng - Turkish-English dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-freedict-wol-fra - Wolof-French dictionary for the dict server/client
dict-gazetteer2k - Placeholder package to install entire Gazetteer 2000
dict-gazetteer2k-counties - Counties Database for the 2000 US Gazetteer
dict-gazetteer2k-places - Places Database for the 2000 US Gazetteer
dict-gazetteer2k-zips - ZIP and ZCTA database for the 2000 US Gazetteer
dict-gcide - Comprehensive English Dictionary
dict-jargon - dict package for The Jargon Lexicon
dict-moby-thesaurus - Largest and most comprehensive thesaurus
dict-vera - Dictionary of computer related acronyms -- dict format
dict-wn - electronic lexical database of English language for dict
