How To Install libreoffice-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libreoffice-dev
libreoffice-dev 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) files needed to build plugins/add-ons for LibreOffice (build tools, libraries, arch-dependent includes, …).
It also contains the gengal and ui-previewer utilities.
There are three methods to install libreoffice-dev 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-dev
Install libreoffice-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-dev
Install libreoffice-dev 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-dev
How To Uninstall libreoffice-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libreoffice-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-dev
Uninstall libreoffice-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-dev 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
Remove libreoffice-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-dev
Remove libreoffice-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
