How To Install antiword on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install antiword on Debian 10.
What is antiword
antiword is:
Antiword is a free MS Word reader.
It converts the binary files from MS Word 2, 6, 7, 97, 2000 and 2003 to text, Postscript, PDF and XML.
Note that it doesn’t support the XML-based formats which newer MS Word versions produce by default (.docx).
There are three methods to install antiword on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install antiword Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install antiword using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install antiword
Install antiword Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install antiword using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install antiword
Install antiword 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 antiword using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install antiword
How To Uninstall antiword on Debian 10
To uninstall only the antiword package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove antiword
Uninstall antiword And Its Dependencies
To uninstall antiword and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove antiword
Remove antiword Configurations and Data
To remove antiword configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge antiword
Remove antiword configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove antiword configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge antiword
Dependencies
antiword have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install antiword package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.