How To Install mwaw2odf on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install mwaw2odf on Debian 9. mwaw2odf is old Mac formats to OpenDocument converter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mwaw2odf on Debian 9.

What is mwaw2odf

mwaw2odf is:

This package contains a utility for converting old Mac text document files (MacWrite, ClarisWorks, … ) into OpenDocument documents.

There are three methods to install mwaw2odf 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 mwaw2odf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mwaw2odf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mwaw2odf

Install mwaw2odf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mwaw2odf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mwaw2odf

Install mwaw2odf 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 mwaw2odf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mwaw2odf

How To Uninstall mwaw2odf on Debian 9

To uninstall only the mwaw2odf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mwaw2odf

Uninstall mwaw2odf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mwaw2odf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mwaw2odf

Remove mwaw2odf Configurations and Data

To remove mwaw2odf configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mwaw2odf

Remove mwaw2odf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mwaw2odf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mwaw2odf

Dependencies

mwaw2odf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mwaw2odf package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.