How To Install libwps-doc on Debian 10

Learn how to install libwps-doc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libwps-doc is Works text file format import filter library (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwps-doc on Debian 10.

What is libwps-doc

libwps-doc is:

libwps is a library (for use by word processors, for example) for importing the Microsoft Works word processor file format. As of November 2006, the project is new, but it imports Works format versions 2, 3, 4, and 8 with some formatting. Support for Works formats version 2000 (aka 5) is coming soon.

This package contains the API documentation.

There are three methods to install libwps-doc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libwps-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libwps-doc

Install libwps-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwps-doc

Install libwps-doc 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 libwps-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwps-doc

How To Uninstall libwps-doc on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libwps-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwps-doc

Uninstall libwps-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwps-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwps-doc

Remove libwps-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libwps-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwps-doc

Remove libwps-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwps-doc

Dependencies

libwps-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwps-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.