How To Install uno-libs3 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install uno-libs3 on Debian 9. uno-libs3 is LibreOffice UNO runtime environment – public shared libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install uno-libs3 on Debian 9.

What is uno-libs3

uno-libs3 is:

The Uno Runtime Environment (URE) is the well-known UNO component model of LibreOffice, packaged up as an individual product.

It offers you a flexible, low-overhead component model that is most ideal for (but not limited to) combining in one application components written in different computer languages, and developed by different parties. You can use it to create any kind of application, in whatever application domain you can imagine.

This package contains the public libraries:

  • libuno_sal: System Abstraction Layer (C Interface)
  • libuno_salhelpergcc3: additional C++ functionality for sal
  • libuno_cppu: C++ UNO bridge (C Interface)
  • libuno_cppuhelpergcc3: additional C++ functionality for cppu
  • libuno_purpenvhelpergcc3: “purpose environments” helper

There are three methods to install uno-libs3 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 uno-libs3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install uno-libs3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install uno-libs3

Install uno-libs3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install uno-libs3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install uno-libs3

Install uno-libs3 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 uno-libs3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install uno-libs3

How To Uninstall uno-libs3 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the uno-libs3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove uno-libs3

Uninstall uno-libs3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall uno-libs3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove uno-libs3

Remove uno-libs3 Configurations and Data

To remove uno-libs3 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge uno-libs3

Remove uno-libs3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove uno-libs3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uno-libs3

Dependencies

uno-libs3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install uno-libs3 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.