How To Install ods2tsv on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ods2tsv on Kali Linux.

What is ods2tsv

ods2tsv is:

Simple command line interface utility that takes one or more ods files as input and convert them into tabulated separated value (tsv simple text files). Each ods file will create an output directory of the same name, containing all the spreadsheets (one tsv file per spreadsheet).

There are three methods to install ods2tsv 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 ods2tsv Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ods2tsv using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ods2tsv

Install ods2tsv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ods2tsv using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ods2tsv

Install ods2tsv 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 ods2tsv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ods2tsv

How To Uninstall ods2tsv on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ods2tsv package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ods2tsv

Uninstall ods2tsv And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ods2tsv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ods2tsv

Remove ods2tsv Configurations and Data

To remove ods2tsv configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ods2tsv

Remove ods2tsv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ods2tsv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ods2tsv

Dependencies

ods2tsv have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libodsstream0
• libqt5core5a
• libstdc++6

References

• ods2tsv website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ods2tsv package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.