How To Install libwps-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwps-tools on Debian 9.
What is libwps-tools
libwps-tools is:
libwps is a library (for use by word processors, for example) for importing the Microsoft Works word processor file format. As of November 2006, the project is new, but it imports Works format versions 2, 3, 4, and 8 with some formatting. Support for Works formats version 2000 (aka 5) is coming soon.
This package contains some little programs using libwps to convert Works text document files into HTML/Raw files and Text.
There are three methods to install libwps-tools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwps-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 libwps-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwps-tools
Install libwps-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwps-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwps-tools
Install libwps-tools 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libwps-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwps-tools
How To Uninstall libwps-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libwps-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwps-tools
Uninstall libwps-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwps-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwps-tools
Remove libwps-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libwps-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwps-tools
Remove libwps-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwps-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwps-tools
Dependencies
libwps-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwps-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.