How To Install libreoffice-gnome on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-gnome on Kali Linux. libreoffice-gnome is office productivity suite – GNOME integration

Introduction

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

What is libreoffice-gnome

libreoffice-gnome is:

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

This package contains the GIO support.

You can extend the functionality of this by installing these packages:

  • libreoffice-evolution: Evolution addressbook support
  • evolution

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

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-gnome

Install libreoffice-gnome Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-gnome

Install libreoffice-gnome 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-gnome using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-gnome

How To Uninstall libreoffice-gnome on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-gnome

Uninstall libreoffice-gnome And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-gnome

Remove libreoffice-gnome Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-gnome

Remove libreoffice-gnome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-gnome

Dependencies

libreoffice-gnome have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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