REMOVE-DEFAULT-WORDLIST(8)

💖 REMOVE-DEFAULT-WORDLIST 💖

okay bestie, so this is remove-default-wordlist — a little section 8 system-admin girly (iykyk) whose whole job is literally just removing the default wordlist. that's it. that's the gig. 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

remove-default-wordlist <package>

one argument, one destiny. <package> goes in, vibes come out. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

⚠️ WARNING: Not to be used from the command line unless you know very well what you are doing.

like, very well. not "i googled it once" well. not "my friend said it's fine" well. very well well. this is not a "let me just try it and see" situation, it's giving main character playing with fire energy and we are NOT doing that. 🚫🔥

okay so here's the tea. when it gets called from a package's postrm, this program will take care of removing the entries associated to a wordlist package from the dictionaries-common database, and call for the new selection if it was the default one. 💖

so like — it's a cleanup bestie. the wordlist package is leaving the party, and this little script walks it out, deletes its entries from the dictionaries-common database, and then, if that package was the default one, it goes and asks for a new selection. no ghost entries left behind, no default just sitting there being a lie. ✨

the way that it's designed to run from postrm and not from your terminal is SO important — that's the whole vibe. it's a helper for the package management system, not a toy for you and me to poke at on a tuesday. 🙈

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• The dictionaries-common policy document — go read it, bestie, it's the source of truth 📚

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

• Rafael Laboissiere — iconic, legendary, built the thing 🫶

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀🦋

this lil cutie is version 1.31.4, dated 2026-3-22, and it lives in section 8 of your manual — so next time you see it, you'll know exactly what it's up to. stay safe, don't run it from the command line, and slay responsibly. 💖✨🍓