How To Install libofficebean-java on Debian 11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libofficebean-java on Debian 11.

What is libofficebean-java

libofficebean-java is:

LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.

This package contains the Java library for the the LibreOffice Office Bean for embedding LibreOffice in custom Java applications.

There are three methods to install libofficebean-java 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 libofficebean-java Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libofficebean-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libofficebean-java

Install libofficebean-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libofficebean-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libofficebean-java

Install libofficebean-java 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 libofficebean-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libofficebean-java

How To Uninstall libofficebean-java on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libofficebean-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libofficebean-java

Uninstall libofficebean-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libofficebean-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libofficebean-java

Remove libofficebean-java Configurations and Data

To remove libofficebean-java configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libofficebean-java

Remove libofficebean-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libofficebean-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libofficebean-java

Dependencies

libofficebean-java have the following dependencies:

• liblibreoffice-java
• default-jre

References

• libofficebean-java website
• libofficebean-java on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libofficebean-java package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.