How To Install unrtf on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install unrtf on Debian 9. unrtf is RTF to other formats converter

Introduction

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

What is unrtf

unrtf is:

UnRTF is a moderately complicated converter from RTF to other formats, including HTML, LaTeX, and text. Converting to HTML, it supports tables, fonts, colors, embedded images, hyperlinks, paragraph alignment among other things. All other conversions are “alpha”–just begun.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install unrtf

Install unrtf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install unrtf

Install unrtf 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 unrtf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install unrtf

How To Uninstall unrtf on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove unrtf

Uninstall unrtf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unrtf

Remove unrtf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge unrtf

Remove unrtf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unrtf

Dependencies

unrtf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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