dictd software package provides dictionary server, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install dictd
dictd is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dictd package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dictd *
You will get with dictd package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Text Processing |
| Package | dictd |
| Version | 1.12.0+dfsg-4build1 |
| Description | dictionary server |
| Sub Section | Text |