How To Install docx2txt on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install docx2txt on Debian 11.
What is docx2txt
docx2txt is:
This tool attempts to generate equivalent plain text files from Microsoft .docx documents, preserving some formatting and document information (which MS text conversion drops) along with appropriate character conversions for a good (ascii or utf-8) text experience. It is a platform independent solution consisting of (core) Perl and (wrapper) Unix/Windows shell scripts and a configuration file to control the output text appearance to a fair extent. It can very conveniently be used to build a Web-based docx document conversion service. Some Makefiles and Windows batch files are provided for easy installation of the scripts. With unzippers like CakeCmd that can deal with corrupt Zip archives, this tool can extract text from corrupt docx documents in many cases, where MS Word fails to even open them.
There are three methods to install docx2txt on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install docx2txt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install docx2txt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install docx2txt
Install docx2txt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install docx2txt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install docx2txt
Install docx2txt 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 docx2txt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install docx2txt
How To Uninstall docx2txt on Debian 11
To uninstall only the docx2txt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove docx2txt
Uninstall docx2txt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall docx2txt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove docx2txt
Remove docx2txt Configurations and Data
To remove docx2txt configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge docx2txt
Remove docx2txt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove docx2txt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge docx2txt
Dependencies
docx2txt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install docx2txt package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.