How To Install libreoffice-dev-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-dev-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libreoffice-dev-common
libreoffice-dev-common 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-independent) files needed to build plugins/add-ons for LibreOffice (includes, IDL files, …)
Package: libreoffice-dev-common Architecture: all Version: 1:6.4.2-0ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: devel Source: libreoffice Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian LibreOffice Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 15834 Conflicts: libreoffice (« 1:5.2.5-2~) Breaks: libreoffice-dev (« 1:5.2.0~) Replaces: libreoffice-dev (« 1:5.2.0~) Filename: pool/main/libr/libreoffice/libreoffice-dev-common_6.4.2-0ubuntu3_all.deb Size: 1379452 MD5sum: 79bb21378a1dc0a05f307508e428574d SHA1: daeca14b8c3891abf4b3be04691021f3eaed365a SHA256: d781a0d332c246f1a1f953c707ba0b7b1117c3703ab7585145f212139fdbc01e Homepage: http://www.libreoffice.org Description-en: office productivity suite – SDK – architecture-independent parts LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.
This package contains the (architecture-independent) files needed to build plugins/add-ons for LibreOffice (includes, IDL files, …)
There are three methods to install libreoffice-dev-common on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-dev-common 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-dev-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-dev-common
Install libreoffice-dev-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-dev-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-dev-common
Install libreoffice-dev-common 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-dev-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-dev-common
How To Uninstall libreoffice-dev-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libreoffice-dev-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-dev-common
Uninstall libreoffice-dev-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-dev-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-dev-common
Remove libreoffice-dev-common Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-dev-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-dev-common
Remove libreoffice-dev-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-dev-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-dev-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-dev-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.