How To Install libreoffice-sdbc-firebird on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-sdbc-firebird on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 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-sdbc-firebird using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-sdbc-firebird
How To Uninstall libreoffice-sdbc-firebird on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-sdbc-firebird package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
