How To Install loook on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install loook on Ubuntu 18.04. loook is Search strings in ODF documents

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install loook on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is loook

loook is:

You can look for strings in all ODF text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings and forms. E.g. from OpenOffice.org, Libreoffice, Apache OpenOffice and other programs, creating ODF files.

Loook has a convenient graphical user interface.

There are three methods to install loook 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 loook Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install loook

Install loook Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install loook using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install loook

Install loook 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 loook using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install loook

How To Uninstall loook on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the loook package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove loook

Uninstall loook And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove loook

Remove loook Configurations and Data

To remove loook configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge loook

Remove loook configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge loook

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Summary

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