How To Install libreoffice-kf5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-kf5 on Kali Linux.

What is libreoffice-kf5

libreoffice-kf5 is:

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

This package contains the KF5 plugin for LibreOffice and a KF5-based File Picker when running under Plasma.

There are three methods to install libreoffice-kf5 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-kf5 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-kf5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-kf5

Install libreoffice-kf5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-kf5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-kf5

Install libreoffice-kf5 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-kf5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-kf5

How To Uninstall libreoffice-kf5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libreoffice-kf5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-kf5

Uninstall libreoffice-kf5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libreoffice-kf5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-kf5

Remove libreoffice-kf5 Configurations and Data

To remove libreoffice-kf5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-kf5

Remove libreoffice-kf5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-kf5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-kf5

Dependencies

libreoffice-kf5 have the following dependencies:

• libreoffice-core

References

• libreoffice-kf5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-kf5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.