How To Install unoconv on Fedora 34

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 Fedora 34.

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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install unoconv.

Install unoconv on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove unoconv

unoconv Package Contents on Fedora 34

/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.