How To Install libreoffice-qt5 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-qt5 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libreoffice-qt5
libreoffice-qt5 is:
LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.
This package contains the Qt 5 plugin for drawing LibreOffices widgets with Qt 5 and a Qt File Picker and print dialog. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop
Package: libreoffice-qt5 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:6.4.2-0ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: universe/editors Source: libreoffice Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian LibreOffice Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 863 Depends: libreoffice-core (= 1:6.4.2-0ubuntu3), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libepoxy0 (>= 1.0), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.38.0), libharfbuzz0b (>= 0.9.42), libqt5core5a (>= 5.6), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.7.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.7.0), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.6), libqt5x11extras5 (>= 5.6.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libuno-cppu3 (>= 4.4.0~alpha), libuno-cppuhelpergcc3-3 (>= 4.0.0~alpha), libuno-sal3 (>= 4.1.0~alpha), libuno-salhelpergcc3-3 (>= 1.4.0), libxcb-icccm4 (>= 0.4.1), libxcb1, uno-libs-private, ure Recommends: qtgstreamer-plugins-qt5 Enhances: libreoffice Filename: pool/universe/libr/libreoffice/libreoffice-qt5_6.4.2-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 174204 MD5sum: 8d1a34299399fd5c0712dde06a2bbfb4 SHA1: 364355049a6fa35581d7f824f532e32923a5cbac SHA256: afa8e70eb90c9c4a88da06099da3d680312e5ad95622a146a993f38574076613 Homepage: http://www.libreoffice.org Description-en: office productivity suite – Qt 5 integration LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.
This package contains the Qt 5 plugin for drawing LibreOffices widgets with Qt 5 and a Qt File Picker and print dialog. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop
There are three methods to install libreoffice-qt5 on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-qt5 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-qt5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-qt5
Install libreoffice-qt5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-qt5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-qt5
Install libreoffice-qt5 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-qt5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-qt5
How To Uninstall libreoffice-qt5 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libreoffice-qt5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-qt5
Uninstall libreoffice-qt5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-qt5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-qt5
Remove libreoffice-qt5 Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-qt5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-qt5
Remove libreoffice-qt5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-qt5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-qt5
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-qt5 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.