How To Install libreoffice-dev-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-dev-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libreoffice-dev-doc is office productivity suite – SDK documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-dev-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libreoffice-dev-doc

libreoffice-dev-doc is:

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

This package contains the documentation of the LibreOffice SDK:

  • C++/Java API reference
  • IDL reference
  • C++/Java/Basic examples

There are three methods to install libreoffice-dev-doc 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-dev-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-dev-doc

Install libreoffice-dev-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-dev-doc

Install libreoffice-dev-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-dev-doc

How To Uninstall libreoffice-dev-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libreoffice-dev-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-dev-doc

Uninstall libreoffice-dev-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libreoffice-dev-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-dev-doc

Remove libreoffice-dev-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libreoffice-dev-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-dev-doc

Remove libreoffice-dev-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-dev-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-dev-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.