How To Install libreoffice-kde on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-kde on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libreoffice-kde
libreoffice-kde is:
This package used to contain the LibreOffice KDE 4 backend. The package has been renamed to libreoffice-kde4 to distinguish it from the kde5 backend. You can safely remove this package.
There are three methods to install libreoffice-kde 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-kde 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-kde using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-kde
Install libreoffice-kde Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-kde using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-kde
Install libreoffice-kde 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-kde using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-kde
How To Uninstall libreoffice-kde on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libreoffice-kde package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-kde
Uninstall libreoffice-kde And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-kde and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-kde
Remove libreoffice-kde Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-kde configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-kde
Remove libreoffice-kde configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-kde configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-kde
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-kde package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
