How To Install libreoffice-kde4 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-kde4 on Ubuntu 18.04. libreoffice-kde4 is office productivity suite – KDE 4 integration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-kde4 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libreoffice-kde4

libreoffice-kde4 is:

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

This package contains the KDE plugin for drawing LibreOffices widgets with KDE/Qt and a KDEish File Picker when running under KDE. You can extend the functionality of this by installing these packages:

  • konqueror / kmail

There are three methods to install libreoffice-kde4 on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-kde4 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-kde4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-kde4

Install libreoffice-kde4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-kde4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-kde4

Install libreoffice-kde4 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-kde4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-kde4

How To Uninstall libreoffice-kde4 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libreoffice-kde4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-kde4

Uninstall libreoffice-kde4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libreoffice-kde4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-kde4

Remove libreoffice-kde4 Configurations and Data

To remove libreoffice-kde4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-kde4

Remove libreoffice-kde4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-kde4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-kde4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-kde4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.