How To Install libreoffice-writer on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libreoffice-writer

libreoffice-writer is:

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

This package contains the wordprocessor component for LibreOffice.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-writer

Install libreoffice-writer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-writer

Install libreoffice-writer 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-writer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-writer

How To Uninstall libreoffice-writer on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-writer

Uninstall libreoffice-writer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-writer

Remove libreoffice-writer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-writer

Remove libreoffice-writer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-writer

Dependencies

libreoffice-writer have the following dependencies:

• libreoffice-base-core

References

• libreoffice-writer website

Summary

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