How To Install libreoffice-kde on Debian 10

Learn how to install libreoffice-kde on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libreoffice-kde is transitional package for LibreOffice KDE integration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-kde on Debian 10.

What is libreoffice-kde

libreoffice-kde is:

This package used to contain the LibreOffice KDE 4 backend. The package has been renamed to libreoffice-kdeX and this package now depends on the new libreoffice-kde5 packages.

You can safely remove this package.

There are three methods to install libreoffice-kde on Debian 10. 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-kde 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-kde using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-kde

Install libreoffice-kde Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-kde

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

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-kde

How To Uninstall libreoffice-kde on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-kde

Uninstall libreoffice-kde And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libreoffice-kde and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-kde

Remove libreoffice-kde Configurations and Data

To remove libreoffice-kde configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-kde

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

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

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

Dependencies

libreoffice-kde have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-kde package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.