How To Install libreoffice-pdfimport on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-pdfimport on Debian 9. libreoffice-pdfimport is PDF Import component for LibreOffice

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-pdfimport on Debian 9.

What is libreoffice-pdfimport

libreoffice-pdfimport is:

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

This package contains a component enabling LibreOffice to import PDF Documents.

There are three methods to install libreoffice-pdfimport on Debian 9. 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-pdfimport 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-pdfimport using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-pdfimport

Install libreoffice-pdfimport Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-pdfimport

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

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-pdfimport

How To Uninstall libreoffice-pdfimport on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-pdfimport

Uninstall libreoffice-pdfimport And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libreoffice-pdfimport and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-pdfimport

Remove libreoffice-pdfimport Configurations and Data

To remove libreoffice-pdfimport configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-pdfimport

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

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

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

Dependencies

libreoffice-pdfimport have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-pdfimport package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.