How To Install libreoffice-gtk on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-gtk on Debian 9. libreoffice-gtk is transitional package to upgrade to libreoffice-gtk2/-systray

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-gtk on Debian 9.

What is libreoffice-gtk

libreoffice-gtk is:

This package used to contain the Gtk2 integration (and the systray “Quickstarter”) for LibreOffice.

It has been renamed to libreoffice-gtk2 (and the systray “Quickstarter” split out to libreoffice-systray).

You can safely remove this package.

There are three methods to install libreoffice-gtk on Debian 9. 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-gtk 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-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-gtk

Install libreoffice-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-gtk

Install libreoffice-gtk 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-gtk

How To Uninstall libreoffice-gtk on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-gtk

Uninstall libreoffice-gtk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libreoffice-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-gtk

Remove libreoffice-gtk Configurations and Data

To remove libreoffice-gtk configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-gtk

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

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

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

Dependencies

libreoffice-gtk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-gtk package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.