How To Install libreoffice-kde5 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-kde5 on Kali Linux.
What is libreoffice-kde5
libreoffice-kde5 is:
LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.
This package used to contain the “KDE 5” integration. It was split into -kf5 (KF5 UI plugin) and -plasma (some Plasma integration). This packsge can be safely removed once installed.
There are three methods to install libreoffice-kde5 on Kali Linux. 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-kde5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-kde5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-kde5Install libreoffice-kde5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-kde5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-kde5Install libreoffice-kde5 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-kde5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-kde5How To Uninstall libreoffice-kde5 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libreoffice-kde5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-kde5Uninstall libreoffice-kde5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-kde5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-kde5Remove libreoffice-kde5 Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-kde5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-kde5Remove libreoffice-kde5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-kde5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-kde5Dependencies
libreoffice-kde5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-kde5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
