How To Install libstaroffice-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstaroffice-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libstaroffice-doc is Import filter library to import all StarOffice documents – documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstaroffice-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libstaroffice-doc

libstaroffice-doc is:

The purpose of libstaroffice is to build a filter for old StarOffice’s documents (.sdc, .sdw, …) based on librevenge (see https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/wiki/librevenge/ and http://www.documentliberation.org/projects/ ).

This package contains the API documentation.

There are three methods to install libstaroffice-doc 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 libstaroffice-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libstaroffice-doc

Install libstaroffice-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libstaroffice-doc

Install libstaroffice-doc 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 libstaroffice-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libstaroffice-doc

How To Uninstall libstaroffice-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libstaroffice-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libstaroffice-doc

Uninstall libstaroffice-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libstaroffice-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstaroffice-doc

Remove libstaroffice-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libstaroffice-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libstaroffice-doc

Remove libstaroffice-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libstaroffice-doc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstaroffice-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.