How To Install libreoffice-math on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-math on Ubuntu 20.04. libreoffice-math is office productivity suite – equation editor office productivity suite – equation editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-math on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libreoffice-math`

libreoffice-math is:

LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.

This package contains the equation editor component for LibreOffice. Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-default-languages, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libreoffice-math Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:6.4.2-0ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: editors Source: libreoffice Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian LibreOffice Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1970 Depends: fonts-opensymbol (>= 2:102.11), libreoffice-core (= 1:6.4.2-0ubuntu3), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libuno-cppu3 (>= 4.4.0~alpha), libuno-cppuhelpergcc3-3 (>= 4.0.0~alpha), libuno-sal3 (>= 5.1.0~alpha), uno-libs-private, ure Breaks: libreoffice-common (« 1:6.4.2~rc1~) Replaces: libreoffice-common (« 1:6.4.2~rc1~) Filename: pool/main/libr/libreoffice/libreoffice-math_6.4.2-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 401624 MD5sum: e23d620a05e9f0fde2bbb796cd8a218a SHA1: ceda57a62f88ec907797ac964a426193c82a6220 SHA256: 8bdeb60870aa2fac9ce4067156d7b19e2fc92a8be895c9079fa59607595be721 Homepage: http://www.libreoffice.org Description-en: office productivity suite – equation editor LibreOffice is a full-featured office productivity suite that provides a near drop-in replacement for Microsoft(R) Office.

There are three methods to install libreoffice-math on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libreoffice-math Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-math

Install libreoffice-math Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-math

Install libreoffice-math 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 libreoffice-math using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-math

How To Uninstall libreoffice-math on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libreoffice-math package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-math

Uninstall libreoffice-math And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libreoffice-math and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-math

Remove libreoffice-math Configurations and Data

To remove libreoffice-math configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-math

Remove libreoffice-math configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-math

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-math package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.