How To Install libreoffice-gtk3 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-gtk3 on Debian 9.
What is libreoffice-gtk3
libreoffice-gtk3 is:
LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.
This package contains the Gtk plugin for drawing LibreOffices widgets with Gtk+ 3 and Gtk/GNOMEish print dialog when running under GNOME.
There are three methods to install libreoffice-gtk3 on Debian 9. 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-gtk3 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-gtk3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-gtk3
Install libreoffice-gtk3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-gtk3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-gtk3
Install libreoffice-gtk3 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 libreoffice-gtk3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-gtk3
How To Uninstall libreoffice-gtk3 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libreoffice-gtk3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-gtk3
Uninstall libreoffice-gtk3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-gtk3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-gtk3
Remove libreoffice-gtk3 Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-gtk3 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-gtk3
Remove libreoffice-gtk3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-gtk3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-gtk3
Dependencies
libreoffice-gtk3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-gtk3 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
