How To Install libooolib-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libooolib-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libooolib-perl is Perl library for creating OpenOffice.org documents (calc/writer)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libooolib-perl on Debian 10.

What is libooolib-perl

libooolib-perl is:

ooolib is a Perl library to be used to create simple OpenOffice.org spreadsheet and text documents.

Note that this only supports the OpenOffice.org 1.0 format, not OpenDocument.

There are three methods to install libooolib-perl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libooolib-perl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libooolib-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libooolib-perl

Install libooolib-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libooolib-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libooolib-perl

Install libooolib-perl Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libooolib-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libooolib-perl

How To Uninstall libooolib-perl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libooolib-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libooolib-perl

Uninstall libooolib-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libooolib-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libooolib-perl

Remove libooolib-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libooolib-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libooolib-perl

Remove libooolib-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libooolib-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libooolib-perl

Dependencies

libooolib-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libooolib-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.