How To Install libreoffice-base on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-base on Rocky Linux 8. libreoffice-base is Database front-end for LibreOffice

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-base on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libreoffice-base

GUI database front-end for LibreOffice. Allows creation and management of databases through a GUI.

We can use yum or dnf to install libreoffice-base on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libreoffice-base.

Install libreoffice-base on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libreoffice-base using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libreoffice-base

Install libreoffice-base on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libreoffice-base using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libreoffice-base

How To Uninstall libreoffice-base on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libreoffice-base package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libreoffice-base

libreoffice-base Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/oobase
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/70affcb287a041b275799c84142986c03bc7aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/9d116e1cde597e5b874715521202e254923c60
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/df9885b5bccc0878edfdc2d64ca8e8ffb10a0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/4495dc7770ea8168a623e90133c21bd45f004d
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/25d6a5d751b0a907dbf22c0c66e9d81588eb6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/6f17cf1719f829b372dfcc4de5926fcdf75b27
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/access2base.py
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/classes/hsqldb.jar
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/classes/reportbuilder.jar
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/classes/reportbuilderwizard.jar
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/classes/sdbc_hsqldb.jar
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/libabplo.so
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/libdbplo.so
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/libhsqldb.so
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/librptlo.so
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/librptuilo.so
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/librptxmllo.so
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sbase
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/share/registry/base.xcd
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/share/registry/reportbuilder.xcd
/usr/share/applications/libreoffice-base.desktop
/usr/share/man/man1/oobase.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/libreoffice-base.appdata.xml

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-base on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.