How To Install pages2odt on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pages2odt on Ubuntu 18.04. pages2odt is Apple Pages text documents to OpenDocument converter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pages2odt on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is pages2odt

pages2odt is:

This package contains a utility for converting Apple Pages text document files into OpenDocument text documents.

There are three methods to install pages2odt 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 pages2odt Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pages2odt using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pages2odt

Install pages2odt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pages2odt using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pages2odt

Install pages2odt 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 pages2odt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pages2odt

How To Uninstall pages2odt on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the pages2odt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pages2odt

Uninstall pages2odt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pages2odt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pages2odt

Remove pages2odt Configurations and Data

To remove pages2odt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pages2odt

Remove pages2odt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pages2odt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pages2odt

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pages2odt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.