---
title: Install websters1913 on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of websters1913 for on Arch Linux - Terminal dictionary
  for Webster's Dictionary, 1913
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/websters1913/arch
---

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# Install websters1913 on **Arch Linux**

# websters1913

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#### Terminal dictionary for Webster's Dictionary, 1913

websters1913 is a command line program for reading
Webster's Dictionary, 1913 in a terminal.
This program provides the full text search.

Dictionary data contains `BEEP dictionary` and this application may only be used for the research and must not be used commercially.
```
The pronunciation dictionary is derived in part from the Oxford Text
Archive releases 710 and 1054. These are copyrighted by Oxford
University Press (OUP) and the Medical research council (MRC). This
work inherits the following restrictions:

a) The dictionary may only be used for research (from MRC sources)
b) The dictionary must not be used commercially (from OUP sources)

These sources may be found at:

ftp://ota.ox.ac.uk/pub/ota/public/dicts/710/
ftp://ota.ox.ac.uk/pub/ota/public/dicts/1054/

and this derived work has location:

ftp://svr-ftp.eng.cam.ac.uk/pub/comp.speech/dictionaries/beep.tar.gz
```

### Package name

* websters1913

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### License

* PDDL-1.0

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### Last updated

* 8 April 2019 - latest/stable
* 11 November 2021 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [github.com/growingspaghetti/websters-1913-console-dictionary](https://github.com/growingspaghetti/websters-1913-console-dictionary "https://github.com/growingspaghetti/websters-1913-console-dictionary")

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### Contact

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## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install websters1913

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the [Arch User Repository (AUR).](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snapd/)
The [manual build process](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages) is the Arch-supported
install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the [prerequisites](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Prerequisites)
installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following:

```
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git
cd snapd
makepkg -si
```

Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
```

If [AppArmor](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AppArmor) is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service
```

To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`:

```
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install websters1913

To install websters1913, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install websters1913
```

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