Setup Dictionary in Linux

02-04-25

I followed arch linux wiki.

First install dictd.

$ sudo pacman -S dictd

I want to use it offline. Disable online mode by going to /etc/dict/dict.conf and comment line server dict.org.

server localhost
# server dict.org

Then install WordNet and Moby Thesaurus.

$ yay -S dict-wn
$ yay -S dict-moby-thesaurus

Enable and start the service.

$ systemctl enable dictd.service
$ systemctl start dictd.service

Now to list installed dictionaries:

$ dict -I
  dictd 1.13.3/rf on Linux 6.11.9-arch1-1
  On magic: up 93.000, 3 forks (116.1/hour)

  Database      Headwords         Index          Data  Uncompressed
  wn                 147483       3005 kB       9278 kB         29 MB
  moby-thesaurus      30263        528 kB         28 MB         28 MB

To query the dictionary just enter a word:

$ dict word