How To Install unoconv on CentOS 8

unoconv is A tool to convert documents from/to any format supported by LibreOffice

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unoconv on CentOS 8.

What is unoconv

Universal Office Converter (unoconv) is a command line tool to convert any document format that LibreOffice can import to any document format that LibreOffice can export. It makes use of the LibreOffice’s UNO bindings for non-interactive conversion of documents. Supported document formats include Open Document Format (.odg, .odp, .ods, .odt), MS Word (.doc), MS Office Open/MS OOXML (.docx, .pptx, .xlsx), PDF, HTML, RTF, and many more.

We can use yum or dnf to install unoconv on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install unoconv.

Install unoconv on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install unoconv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install unoconv

Install unoconv on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install unoconv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install unoconv

How To Uninstall unoconv on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove unoconv

unoconv Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/unoconv
/usr/share/doc/unoconv
/usr/share/doc/unoconv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/unoconv/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/unoconv/README.html
/usr/share/doc/unoconv/errcode.html
/usr/share/doc/unoconv/filters.html
/usr/share/doc/unoconv/formats.html
/usr/share/doc/unoconv/selinux.html
/usr/share/licenses/unoconv
/usr/share/licenses/unoconv/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/unoconv.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install unoconv on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.