How To Install libreofficekit-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreofficekit-dev on Kali Linux. libreofficekit-dev is LibreOfficeKit – headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreofficekit-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libreofficekit-dev

libreofficekit-dev is:

LibreOfficeKit can be used for accessing LibreOffice functionality through C/C++, without any need to use UNO.

For now it only offers document conversion (in addition to an experimental tiled rendering API).

This package contains the headers needed for using LibreOfficeKit.

There are three methods to install libreofficekit-dev 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 libreofficekit-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libreofficekit-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libreofficekit-dev

Install libreofficekit-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreofficekit-dev

Install libreofficekit-dev 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 libreofficekit-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreofficekit-dev

How To Uninstall libreofficekit-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libreofficekit-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libreofficekit-dev

Uninstall libreofficekit-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreofficekit-dev

Remove libreofficekit-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libreofficekit-dev

Remove libreofficekit-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreofficekit-dev

Dependencies

libreofficekit-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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