How To Install writer2latex-manual on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install writer2latex-manual on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is writer2latex-manual
writer2latex-manual is:
Writer2LaTeX is a java utility to convert OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice documents – in particular documents containing formulas – into other formats. It is actually a collection of four converters, i.e.:
- Writer2LaTeX converts documents into LaTeX 2e format for high quality typesetting.
- Writer2BibTeX extracts bibliographic data from a document and stores it in BibTeX format (works together with Writer2LaTeX).
- Writer2xhtml converts documents into XHTML 1.0 or XHTML 1.1+MathML 2.0 with CSS2.
- Calc2xhtml is a companion to Writer2xhtml that converts Calc documents to XHTML 1.0 with CSS2 to display your spreadsheets on the web.
This package contains the manual.
There are three methods to install writer2latex-manual 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 writer2latex-manual Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install writer2latex-manual using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install writer2latex-manual
Install writer2latex-manual Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install writer2latex-manual using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install writer2latex-manual
Install writer2latex-manual 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 writer2latex-manual using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install writer2latex-manual
How To Uninstall writer2latex-manual on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the writer2latex-manual package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove writer2latex-manual
Uninstall writer2latex-manual And Its Dependencies
To uninstall writer2latex-manual and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove writer2latex-manual
Remove writer2latex-manual Configurations and Data
To remove writer2latex-manual configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge writer2latex-manual
Remove writer2latex-manual configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove writer2latex-manual configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge writer2latex-manual
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install writer2latex-manual package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
