How To Install libstaroffice-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstaroffice-tools on Kali Linux. libstaroffice-tools is Import filter library to import all StarOffice documents – tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstaroffice-tools on Kali Linux.

What is libstaroffice-tools

libstaroffice-tools 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 tools tp convert StarOffice documents to RAW, SVG, Text, CSV and HTML.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libstaroffice-tools

Install libstaroffice-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libstaroffice-tools

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

sudo aptitude -y install libstaroffice-tools

How To Uninstall libstaroffice-tools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libstaroffice-tools

Uninstall libstaroffice-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstaroffice-tools

Remove libstaroffice-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libstaroffice-tools

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

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

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

Dependencies

libstaroffice-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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