How To Install libreoffice-gnome on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-gnome on Ubuntu 18.04.
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, and the session installer integration.
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 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-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 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-gnome using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-gnome
How To Uninstall libreoffice-gnome on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-gnome package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
