How To Install libreoffice-common on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-common on Ubuntu 20.04. libreoffice-common is office productivity suite – arch-independent files office productivity suite – arch-independent files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-common on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libreoffice-common`

libreoffice-common is:

LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.

This package contains the architecture-independent files of LibreOffice. Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-default-languages, ubuntu-desktop-default-languages, ubuntu-desktop-default-languages, ubuntu-desktop-default-languages, ubuntu-desktop-default-languages, ubuntu-desktop-default-languages, ubuntu-desktop-default-languages, ubuntu-desktop-default-languages, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libreoffice-common Architecture: all Version: 1:6.4.2-0ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: editors Source: libreoffice Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian LibreOffice Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 55082 Provides: libreoffice-l10n-en-us Depends: libreoffice-style-colibre, libreoffice-style-tango, ure Recommends: fonts-liberation2 | ttf-mscorefonts-installer, apparmor (>= 2.13.1~), xdg-utils, python3-uno (>= 4.4.0~beta2), libexttextcat-data Suggests: libreoffice-style Conflicts: apparmor (« 2.13.1~), broffice, libreoffice-filter-mobiledev, libreoffice-l10n-4.3, libreoffice-l10n-4.4, libreoffice-wiki-publisher (« 1.2.0+LibO5.4.0~rc2), openoffice-unbundled Breaks: libreoffice-base (« 1:6.4.0~beta1-2~), libreoffice-core (>= 1:6.5~), libreoffice-core (« 1:6.4.2~rc1), libreoffice-help (« 5.4), libreoffice-help-5.2, libreoffice-style-andromeda (« 1:6.4~), libreoffice-style-crystal (>= 1:6.5~), libreoffice-style-crystal (« 1:6.4~), libreoffice-style-galaxy (>= 1:6.5~), libreoffice-style-galaxy (« 1:6.4~), libreoffice-style-hicontrast (>= 1:6.5~), libreoffice-style-hicontrast (« 1:6.4~), libreoffice-style-tango (>= 1:6.5~), libreoffice-style-tango (« 1:6.4~), libreoffice-writer2latex (« 1.0.2-9), libreoffice-writer2xhtml (« 1.0.2-9) Replaces: libreoffice-pdfimport (« 1:5.4~) Filename: pool/main/libr/libreoffice/libreoffice-common_6.4.2-0ubuntu3_all.deb Size: 23530028 MD5sum: f1db5e57047d45e9c0695a87fea2de48 SHA1: 66f9c19320aff5bf4adedd7c5f25155dde13f765 SHA256: dd5f9fd42032ffb5126651e583b679300d6e7c3ef604d42469bad250bfd7620c Homepage: http://www.libreoffice.org Description-en: office productivity suite – arch-independent files LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.

There are three methods to install libreoffice-common on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libreoffice-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-common

Install libreoffice-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-common

Install libreoffice-common 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-common

How To Uninstall libreoffice-common on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-common

Uninstall libreoffice-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libreoffice-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-common

Remove libreoffice-common Configurations and Data

To remove libreoffice-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-common

Remove libreoffice-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.