How To Install libreoffice-gtk2 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-gtk2 on Debian 9. libreoffice-gtk2 is office productivity suite – GTK+ 2 integration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-gtk2 on Debian 9.

What is libreoffice-gtk2

libreoffice-gtk2 is:

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

This package contains the Gtk plugin for drawing LibreOffices widgets with Gtk+ 2 and a Gtk/GNOMEish File Picker and print dialog when running under GNOME.

There are three methods to install libreoffice-gtk2 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-gtk2 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-gtk2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-gtk2

Install libreoffice-gtk2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-gtk2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-gtk2

Install libreoffice-gtk2 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-gtk2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-gtk2

How To Uninstall libreoffice-gtk2 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libreoffice-gtk2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-gtk2

Uninstall libreoffice-gtk2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libreoffice-gtk2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-gtk2

Remove libreoffice-gtk2 Configurations and Data

To remove libreoffice-gtk2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-gtk2

Remove libreoffice-gtk2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-gtk2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-gtk2

Dependencies

libreoffice-gtk2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-gtk2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.