How To Install officeparser on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install officeparser on Rocky Linux 8. officeparser is Parse the format of OLE compound documents used by MS Office applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install officeparser on Rocky Linux 8.

What is officeparser

Python script officeparser.py that parses the format of OLE compound documents used by Microsoft Office applications. Some useful features of this script include

We can use yum or dnf to install officeparser on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install officeparser.

Install officeparser on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install officeparser using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install officeparser

Install officeparser on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install officeparser using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install officeparser

How To Uninstall officeparser on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove officeparser

officeparser Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/officeparser.py
/usr/share/doc/officeparser
/usr/share/doc/officeparser/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/officeparser
/usr/share/licenses/officeparser/LICENSE

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install officeparser on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.