How To Install libreoffice-core on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-core on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libreoffice-core
libreoffice-core is:
LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.
This package contains the architecture-dependent core files of LibreOffice. See the libreoffice package for more information.
There are three methods to install libreoffice-core 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 libreoffice-core 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-core using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-core
Install libreoffice-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-core using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-core
Install libreoffice-core 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 libreoffice-core using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-core
How To Uninstall libreoffice-core on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libreoffice-core package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-core
Uninstall libreoffice-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-core
Remove libreoffice-core Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-core configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-core
Remove libreoffice-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-core
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-core package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
