How To Install libstaroffice-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libstaroffice-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libstaroffice-dev is Import filter library to import all StarOffice documents – development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstaroffice-dev on Debian 12.

What is libstaroffice-dev

libstaroffice-dev is:

The purpose of libstaroffice is to build a filter for old StarOffice’s documents (.sdc, .sdw, …) based on librevenge (see https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/wiki/librevenge/ and http://www.documentliberation.org/projects/ ).

This package contains the development files needed for developing files against libstaroffice.

There are three methods to install libstaroffice-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libstaroffice-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libstaroffice-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libstaroffice-dev

Install libstaroffice-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libstaroffice-dev

Install libstaroffice-dev 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 libstaroffice-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libstaroffice-dev

How To Uninstall libstaroffice-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libstaroffice-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libstaroffice-dev

Uninstall libstaroffice-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libstaroffice-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstaroffice-dev

Remove libstaroffice-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libstaroffice-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libstaroffice-dev

Remove libstaroffice-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libstaroffice-dev

Dependencies

libstaroffice-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstaroffice-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.