How To Install writer2latex on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install writer2latex on Kali Linux. writer2latex is OpenOffice.org Writer/Calc to LaTeX/XHTML converter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install writer2latex on Kali Linux.

What is writer2latex

writer2latex is:

Writer2LaTeX is a java utility to convert OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice documents ?? in particular documents containing formulas ?? into other formats. It is actually a collection of four converters, i.e.:

  1. Writer2LaTeX converts documents into LaTeX 2e format for high quality typesetting.
  2. Writer2BibTeX extracts bibliographic data from a document and stores it in BibTeX format (works together with Writer2LaTeX).
  3. Writer2xhtml converts documents into XHTML 1.0 or XHTML 1.1+MathML 2.0 with CSS2.
  4. Calc2xhtml is a companion to Writer2xhtml that converts Calc documents to XHTML 1.0 with CSS2 to display your spreadsheets on the web.

There are three methods to install writer2latex on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install writer2latex Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install writer2latex using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install writer2latex

Install writer2latex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install writer2latex using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install writer2latex

Install writer2latex Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install writer2latex using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install writer2latex

How To Uninstall writer2latex on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the writer2latex package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove writer2latex

Uninstall writer2latex And Its Dependencies

To uninstall writer2latex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove writer2latex

Remove writer2latex Configurations and Data

To remove writer2latex configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge writer2latex

Remove writer2latex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove writer2latex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge writer2latex

Dependencies

writer2latex have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install writer2latex package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.