I have found 1 old thread (see here) on this issue. But The thread is nearly 3 years old. I did search using Ubuntus Software Centre too. Didn't find anyone which looks 5 stared by hundreds of the Ubuntu users. So finally decided to ask question here. I want to know which offline dictionary is considered best nowadays? And can anyone tell me the installation process via Terminal?
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Roy Emmarson
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1Questions "what is best" are off-topic here as opinion based. You can try ubuntuforums.org to discuss it. – Pilot6 Jul 19 '15 at 17:20
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1Golden Dict - The question is off-topic – Aditya ultra Jul 19 '15 at 17:28
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Dict - a CLI client to dictd server (offline usage):
Installation:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) universe"
(to allow Universe repo)
sudo apt-get install dict
sudo apt-get install dictd
Installing English dictionary databeses (gcide, wn, devil):
sudo apt-get install dict-gcide
sudo apt-get install dict-wn
sudo apt-get install dict-devil
Installing English Thesaurus database (moby-thesaurus):
sudo apt-get install dict-moby-thesaurus
this is an offline terminal based dictionay.
Tohid Tamboli
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I think the answer is same as I red another one which is almost 2 years old. However it seems
dictis still the first preference for Ubuntu – Roy Emmarson Jul 19 '15 at 19:43