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Wordzilla-Perl

Version v1.0 :

Please read the Installation instructions carefully to install them. A single, ready-to-install package with dependencies included will be released soon.

Installation :

At the moment the app supports only GNU/Linux with Perl.

Its a Perl script that requires DBI , DBD::SQLite and preferably SQLite3 or SQLite.

The app requires the Database at /home/$USER/ (Replace the $USER with username or value of echo $USER)

Perl modules :

Please install the Perl modules from CPAN.

Installation :

 cpan DBI cpan DBD::SQLite 

You can also use cpanm or other means to install the modules.

SQLite :

The app and the database uses SQLite3. Its lightweight and leaves a low memory footprint.

Installation :

 sudo apt-get install sqlite3 

package manager (apt-get) might vary between distributions.

Database :

Extract the Wordzilla.tar.xz file to /home/$USER/ (Replace the $USER with username or value of echo $USER)

md5sum : c10acd233f1ee0aa6789cca544b91a6a

Add the Perl script to $PATH:

From the location of the script add it to the path to use it like a command.

 echo $PATH; 

select a path preferably /usr/local/bin.

 sudo cp Wordzilla /usr/local/bin 

wordzilla [options] word

-help print the help text	-c print the meaning and part of speech in color	-p takes the part of speech as the argument	-m takes the number of meanings to be displayed as argument	-man display the man page 

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