How To Install libreoffice-gtk on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-gtk on Ubuntu 20.04. libreoffice-gtk is transitional package for LibreOffice gtk2 backend transitional package for LibreOffice gtk2 backend

Introduction

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

What is libreoffice-gtk

libreoffice-gtk is:

This package used to contain the LibreOffice gtk2 backend. The package has been renamed to libreoffice-gtk2 to distinguish it from the gtk3 backend.

You can safely remove this package.

Package: libreoffice-gtk Architecture: all Version: 1:6.4.2-0ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: universe/gnome 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: 228 Depends: libreoffice-gtk2 Filename: pool/universe/libr/libreoffice/libreoffice-gtk_6.4.2-0ubuntu3_all.deb Size: 6208 MD5sum: ffb1f6fb9751e127ba742435302bc16c SHA1: fa82ba7fcd96cc4ef425407b9fffaa1c9cedf1e2 SHA256: 69c13b1bf55c45bd5e19d3ac7a7e6443b25e74b5d6f3f59d78096babc3f1c735 Homepage: http://www.libreoffice.org Description-en: transitional package for LibreOffice gtk2 backend This package used to contain the LibreOffice gtk2 backend. The package has been renamed to libreoffice-gtk2 to distinguish it from the gtk3 backend.

You can safely remove this package.

There are three methods to install libreoffice-gtk 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-gtk 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-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-gtk

Install libreoffice-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-gtk

Install libreoffice-gtk 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-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-gtk

How To Uninstall libreoffice-gtk on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-gtk

Uninstall libreoffice-gtk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-gtk

Remove libreoffice-gtk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-gtk

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

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

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

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Summary

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