How To Install openoffice.org-hyphenation on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install openoffice.org-hyphenation on Ubuntu 18.04. openoffice.org-hyphenation is Hyphenation patterns for OpenOffice.org - dummy transitional package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openoffice.org-hyphenation on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is openoffice.org-hyphenation

openoffice.org-hyphenation is:

This package contains hyphenation patterns for English (CA), Finnish, Irish and Indonesian.

This package is here just to allow the transition to hyphen-en-ca, hyphen-fi, hyphen-ga and hyphen-id; it can be safely removed once installed.

There are three methods to install openoffice.org-hyphenation on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install openoffice.org-hyphenation Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install openoffice.org-hyphenation using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install openoffice.org-hyphenation

Install openoffice.org-hyphenation Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install openoffice.org-hyphenation using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install openoffice.org-hyphenation

Install openoffice.org-hyphenation 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 openoffice.org-hyphenation using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openoffice.org-hyphenation

How To Uninstall openoffice.org-hyphenation on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the openoffice.org-hyphenation package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openoffice.org-hyphenation

Uninstall openoffice.org-hyphenation And Its Dependencies

To uninstall openoffice.org-hyphenation and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openoffice.org-hyphenation

Remove openoffice.org-hyphenation Configurations and Data

To remove openoffice.org-hyphenation configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openoffice.org-hyphenation

Remove openoffice.org-hyphenation configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove openoffice.org-hyphenation configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openoffice.org-hyphenation

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openoffice.org-hyphenation package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.