How To Install libreoffice-writer on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-writer on Rocky Linux 8. libreoffice-writer is LibreOffice Word Processor Application

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-writer on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libreoffice-writer

The LibreOffice Word Processor application.

We can use yum or dnf to install libreoffice-writer on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libreoffice-writer.

Install libreoffice-writer on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install libreoffice-writer

Install libreoffice-writer on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install libreoffice-writer

How To Uninstall libreoffice-writer on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libreoffice-writer

libreoffice-writer Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/oowriter
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/691da32f7747591315f3ed3f63132c28398fac
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/3640b2a4b0c8def40c39f08e141e6bed96d6a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/3871d3985d067e4362f246e71c70716c2f93dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/79f90ad8a10ebdd969be917c438fb865c0d49e
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/79e042d6d40789b38e303cc8bc03262845033a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/c9ddf78c7fb14fef8bedbcfe74ec03a8885eab
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/45c9e5c7cbec7ba26d73b12db30f95e5d3da27
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/55e5199dfcf71beaf02f12c0cbb8e6681bf999
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/8a8f7bafcf09e0a26f74df9be479a066a75862
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/libhwplo.so
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/liblwpftlo.so
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/libmswordlo.so
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/libswuilo.so
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/libt602filterlo.so
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/libvbaswobjlo.so
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/libwpftwriterlo.so
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/libwriterfilterlo.so
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/libwriterlo.so
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/pagein-writer
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/swriter
/usr/lib64/libreoffice/share/registry/writer.xcd
/usr/share/applications/libreoffice-writer.desktop
/usr/share/man/man1/oowriter.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/libreoffice-writer.appdata.xml

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-writer on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.