How To Install libreoffice-mysql-connector on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-mysql-connector
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libreoffice-mysql-connector
libreoffice-mysql-connector is:
LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.
The MariaDB/MySQL Connector extension allows one to use the MariaDB or MySQL database from LibreOffice without any wrapper layer such as ODBC or JDBC.
There are three methods to install libreoffice-mysql-connector
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-mysql-connector 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-mysql-connector
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-mysql-connector
Install libreoffice-mysql-connector Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-mysql-connector
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-mysql-connector
Install libreoffice-mysql-connector 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-mysql-connector
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-mysql-connector
How To Uninstall libreoffice-mysql-connector on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libreoffice-mysql-connector
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-mysql-connector
Uninstall libreoffice-mysql-connector And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-mysql-connector
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-mysql-connector
Remove libreoffice-mysql-connector Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-mysql-connector
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-mysql-connector
Remove libreoffice-mysql-connector configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-mysql-connector
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-mysql-connector
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-mysql-connector
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.