How To Install libreoffice-mysql-connector on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-mysql-connector on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libreoffice-mysql-connector
libreoffice-mysql-connector 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 LibreOffice MySQL/MariaDB Connector extension. This has now been added to the “main” packages (libreoffice-sdbc-mysql) and this package thus can be safely removed once installed.
There are three methods to install libreoffice-mysql-connector on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-mysql-connector 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-mysql-connector using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-mysql-connector
Install libreoffice-mysql-connector Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-mysql-connector using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-mysql-connector
Install libreoffice-mysql-connector 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-mysql-connector using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-mysql-connector
How To Uninstall libreoffice-mysql-connector on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libreoffice-mysql-connector package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-mysql-connector
Uninstall libreoffice-mysql-connector And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-mysql-connector and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-mysql-connector
Remove libreoffice-mysql-connector Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-mysql-connector configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-mysql-connector
Remove libreoffice-mysql-connector configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-mysql-connector configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-mysql-connector
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-mysql-connector package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
