How To Install unoconv on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unoconv on CentOS 8.
What is unoconv
Universal Office Converter (unoconv) is a command line tool to convert any document format that LibreOffice can import to any document format that LibreOffice can export. It makes use of the LibreOffice’s UNO bindings for non-interactive conversion of documents. Supported document formats include Open Document Format (.odg, .odp, .ods, .odt), MS Word (.doc), MS Office Open/MS OOXML (.docx, .pptx, .xlsx), PDF, HTML, RTF, and many more.
We can use yum or dnf to install unoconv on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install unoconv.
Install unoconv on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install unoconv using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install unoconv
Install unoconv on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install unoconv using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install unoconv
How To Uninstall unoconv on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the unoconv package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove unoconv
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unoconv on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.