How To Install ure on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ure on Ubuntu 18.04. ure is LibreOffice UNO runtime environment

Introduction

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

What is ure

ure 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.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ure

Install ure Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ure

Install ure 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 ure using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ure

How To Uninstall ure on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ure

Uninstall ure And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ure

Remove ure Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ure

Remove ure configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ure

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Summary

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