How To Install libreoffice-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libreoffice-dev
libreoffice-dev 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-dependent) files needed to build plugins/add-ons for LibreOffice (build tools, libraries, arch-dependent includes, …).
It also contains the gengal and ui-previewer utilities.
Package: libreoffice-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:6.4.2-0ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: devel 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: 1288 Depends: libreoffice-core-nogui (= 1:6.4.2-0ubuntu3) | libreoffice-core (= 1:6.4.2-0ubuntu3), libreoffice-dev-common (= 1:6.4.2-0ubuntu3), ucpp, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libuno-cppu3 (>= 4.4.0~alpha), libuno-cppuhelpergcc3-3 (>= 1.4.0), libuno-sal3 (>= 4.1.0~alpha), libuno-salhelpergcc3-3 (>= 1.4.0), libx11-6, uno-libs-private, ure Recommends: g++, libreoffice-java-common (>= 1:6.4.2~), default-jre (>= 2:1.8) | java8-runtime | jre Suggests: libmythes-dev, libreoffice-dev-doc, libreofficekit-dev Conflicts: libreoffice (« 1:5.2.5-2~), libreoffice-dev-doc (« 1:5.2.5-2~) Breaks: libreoffice-dev-common (« 1:5.4.1~) Replaces: libreoffice-dev-common (« 1:5.4.1~) Filename: pool/main/libr/libreoffice/libreoffice-dev_6.4.2-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 297044 MD5sum: ff9096b4bafd5ed1247ce099e9f87a2c SHA1: c6d35d48ccfc29b30019f27b0a057241afabcdeb SHA256: 3dc880208dae83ad4651ae2fe945473f3bb3d7b0aa4e645f02e41a4951b225b3 Homepage: http://www.libreoffice.org Description-en: office productivity suite – SDK – architecture-dependent parts LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.
This package contains the (architecture-dependent) files needed to build plugins/add-ons for LibreOffice (build tools, libraries, arch-dependent includes, …).
It also contains the gengal and ui-previewer utilities.
There are three methods to install libreoffice-dev
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-dev 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-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-dev
Install libreoffice-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-dev
Install libreoffice-dev 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-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-dev
How To Uninstall libreoffice-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libreoffice-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-dev
Uninstall libreoffice-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-dev
Remove libreoffice-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-dev
Remove libreoffice-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.