How To Install libreoffice-pdfimport on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-pdfimport on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libreoffice-pdfimport
libreoffice-pdfimport is:
LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.
This package formerly contained a component enabling LibreOffice to import PDF Documents. This now has been merged back into the “main” packages and this package thus can be safely removed once installed.
There are three methods to install libreoffice-pdfimport 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-pdfimport 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-pdfimport using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-pdfimport
Install libreoffice-pdfimport Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-pdfimport using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-pdfimport
Install libreoffice-pdfimport 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-pdfimport using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-pdfimport
How To Uninstall libreoffice-pdfimport on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libreoffice-pdfimport package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-pdfimport
Uninstall libreoffice-pdfimport And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-pdfimport and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-pdfimport
Remove libreoffice-pdfimport Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-pdfimport configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-pdfimport
Remove libreoffice-pdfimport configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-pdfimport configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-pdfimport
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-pdfimport package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
