How To Install libreoffice-kde5 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-kde5 on Ubuntu 20.04.
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.
Package: libreoffice-kde5 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:6.4.2-0ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: universe/kde 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: 232 Depends: libreoffice-kf5, libreoffice-plasma Filename: pool/universe/libr/libreoffice/libreoffice-kde5_6.4.2-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 6492 MD5sum: c5c2d0542a08a678f7129474c2bfaab4 SHA1: 4434574b05923eeba2dfc4bd2abd79ff710e0f77 SHA256: 19e9ccded87e180f4317215de16a6bfbbddef577080c8460565f0ba7217589d5 Homepage: http://www.libreoffice.org Description-en: transitional package for LibreOffice “KDE 5” integration 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 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-kde5 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-kde5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-kde5
Install libreoffice-kde5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-kde5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-kde5
Install libreoffice-kde5 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-kde5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-kde5
How To Uninstall libreoffice-kde5 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libreoffice-kde5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-kde5
Uninstall libreoffice-kde5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-kde5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-kde5
Remove libreoffice-kde5 Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-kde5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-kde5
Remove 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-kde5
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-kde5 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
