How To Install libreoffice-report-builder on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-report-builder on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libreoffice-report-builder
libreoffice-report-builder is:
LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.
This package contains the report builder: “Create with the Sun Report Builder stylish, smart-looking database reports. The flexible report editor can define group and page headers as well as group and page footers and even calculation fields are available to accomplish complex database reports.”
Package: libreoffice-report-builder Architecture: all Version: 1:6.4.2-0ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: universe/misc 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: 2962 Provides: libreoffice-reportdesigner Depends: libreoffice-core | libreoffice-core-nogui, libreoffice-java-common, libreoffice-report-builder-bin (>= 1:6.4.2), libcommons-logging-java Breaks: libreoffice-common (« 1:6.4.2~rc1~) Replaces: libreoffice-common (« 1:6.4.2~r~~) Enhances: libreoffice-base Filename: pool/universe/libr/libreoffice/libreoffice-report-builder_6.4.2-0ubuntu3_all.deb Size: 2118924 MD5sum: 934133d02b1a69f7c254f591060f37f7 SHA1: 44351fba29b2f72b81965743dd77b6d3598b9287 SHA256: 7e012127671ec6aa455b87eb8e099a7a2b852e63f4f038419eeadd3a69e2d2d3 Homepage: http://www.libreoffice.org Description-en: LibreOffice component for building database reports LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.
This package contains the report builder: “Create with the Sun Report Builder stylish, smart-looking database reports. The flexible report editor can define group and page headers as well as group and page footers and even calculation fields are available to accomplish complex database reports.”
There are three methods to install libreoffice-report-builder 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-report-builder 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-report-builder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-report-builder
Install libreoffice-report-builder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-report-builder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-report-builder
Install libreoffice-report-builder 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-report-builder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-report-builder
How To Uninstall libreoffice-report-builder on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libreoffice-report-builder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-report-builder
Uninstall libreoffice-report-builder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-report-builder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-report-builder
Remove libreoffice-report-builder Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-report-builder configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-report-builder
Remove libreoffice-report-builder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-report-builder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-report-builder
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-report-builder package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.