How To Install unoconv on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install unoconv on Kali Linux. unoconv is converter between LibreOffice document formats

Introduction

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

What is unoconv

unoconv is:

This package provides a commandline utility which can convert from any document format that LibreOffice can import to any document format it can export. It uses LibreOffice’s UNO bindings for non-interactive conversion of documents.

Supported document formats include Open Document format, MS Word, MS Office Open/MS OOXML, PDF, HTML, XHTML, RTF, DocBook, and more.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install unoconv

Install unoconv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install unoconv

Install unoconv 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 unoconv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install unoconv

How To Uninstall unoconv on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove unoconv

Uninstall unoconv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unoconv

Remove unoconv Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge unoconv

Remove unoconv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unoconv

Dependencies

unoconv have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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