How To Install libreoffice-base-nogui on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-base-nogui on Kali Linux. libreoffice-base-nogui is office productivity suite – database (no GUI variant)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-base-nogui on Kali Linux.

What is libreoffice-base-nogui

libreoffice-base-nogui is:

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

This package contains the database component for LibreOffice.

There are three methods to install libreoffice-base-nogui on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libreoffice-base-nogui Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-base-nogui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-base-nogui

Install libreoffice-base-nogui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-base-nogui using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-base-nogui

Install libreoffice-base-nogui Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-base-nogui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-base-nogui

How To Uninstall libreoffice-base-nogui on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libreoffice-base-nogui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-base-nogui

Uninstall libreoffice-base-nogui And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libreoffice-base-nogui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-base-nogui

Remove libreoffice-base-nogui Configurations and Data

To remove libreoffice-base-nogui configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-base-nogui

Remove libreoffice-base-nogui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-base-nogui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-base-nogui

Dependencies

libreoffice-base-nogui have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-base-nogui package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.