How To Install libreoffice-java-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-java-common on Kali Linux. libreoffice-java-common is office productivity suite – arch-independent Java support files

Introduction

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

What is libreoffice-java-common

libreoffice-java-common 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-independent files of the Java support for LibreOffice (Java classes, scripts, config snippets).

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

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-java-common

Install libreoffice-java-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-java-common

Install libreoffice-java-common 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-java-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-java-common

How To Uninstall libreoffice-java-common on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-java-common

Uninstall libreoffice-java-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-java-common

Remove libreoffice-java-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-java-common

Remove libreoffice-java-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-java-common

Dependencies

libreoffice-java-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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