How To Install libmwaw-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmwaw-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmwaw-tools
libmwaw-tools is:
libmwaw contains some import filters for old Mac text documents (MacWrite, ClarisWorks, … ) based on top of libwpd.
This package contains mwaw2html, mwaw2raw and mawaw2text.
There are three methods to install libmwaw-tools on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmwaw-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmwaw-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmwaw-tools
Install libmwaw-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmwaw-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmwaw-tools
Install libmwaw-tools 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmwaw-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmwaw-tools
How To Uninstall libmwaw-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmwaw-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmwaw-tools
Uninstall libmwaw-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmwaw-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmwaw-tools
Remove libmwaw-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libmwaw-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmwaw-tools
Remove libmwaw-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmwaw-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmwaw-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmwaw-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.