How To Install libreoffice-sdbc-firebird on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-sdbc-firebird on Kali Linux. libreoffice-sdbc-firebird is Firebird SDBC driver for LibreOffice

Introduction

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

What is libreoffice-sdbc-firebird

libreoffice-sdbc-firebird is:

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

The Firebird SDBC Driver allows one to use the Firebird database from LibreOffice without any wrapper layer such as ODBC or JDBC.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-sdbc-firebird

Install libreoffice-sdbc-firebird Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-sdbc-firebird

Install libreoffice-sdbc-firebird 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-sdbc-firebird using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-sdbc-firebird

How To Uninstall libreoffice-sdbc-firebird on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-sdbc-firebird

Uninstall libreoffice-sdbc-firebird And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-sdbc-firebird

Remove libreoffice-sdbc-firebird Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-sdbc-firebird

Remove libreoffice-sdbc-firebird configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-sdbc-firebird

Dependencies

libreoffice-sdbc-firebird have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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