dictd

Ubuntu 22 ARM

sudo apt install dictd
# dict -d ecdict <word>
# pgrep dictd
# kill <pid>

For used serve on LAN:

sudo vim /etc/dictd/dictd.conf

global {
listen_to 0.0.0.0
}

access {
allow *
}

sudo vim /var/lib/dictd/db.list

For example [1]:

database ecdict {
  data /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/ecdict.dict.dz
  index /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/ecdict.index
}
database 21th-en22zh {
  data /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/21shijishuangxiangcidian.dict.dz
  index /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/21shijishuangxiangcidian.index
}
database etymonline {
  data /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/etymonline.dict.dz
  index /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/etymonline.index
}
database gcide {
  data /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/gcide.dict.dz
  index /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/gcide.index
}
database dict-en-en {
  data /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/dict-en-en.dict.dz
  index /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/dict-en-en.index
}
database wikdict-en-zh {
  data /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/wikdict-en-zh.dict.dz
  index /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/wikdict-en-zh.index
}
# database wikdict-zh-en {
#   data /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/wikdict-zh-en.dict.dz
#   index /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/wikdict-zh-en.index
# }
# database chibigenc-sc {
#   data /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/chibigenc-sc.dict.dz
#   index /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/chibigenc-sc.index
# }
# database chibigenc {
#   data /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/chibigenc.dict.dz
#   index /mnt/nvme/share/dictd/chibigenc.index
# }

sudo systemctl enable --now dictd.service

Cross-reference

• dict-ecdict.md

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dictd.conf