How To Install openmcdf on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openmcdf on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is openmcdf
openmcdf is:
OpenMCDF is a 100% managed CLI component that allows client applications to manipulate COM structured storage files, also known as Microsoft Compound Document Format files.
This file format is used under the hood by a lot of applications: the files created by Microsoft Office until the 2007 product release are all structured storage files. They include multiple streams of information (document summary, user data) in a single physical container (the file). Also the omnipresent Thumbs.db, used by Windows as thumbnails cache, is a structured storage file.
OpenMCDF makes available to the developer an easy interface to read, write, add and remove structured storage primitives. Structured storage items are organized in a hierarchical tree where ‘storage’ nodes act like a directory and ‘stream’ nodes like a file. Developers can use OpenMCDF to view storages and streams, traverse hierarchical trees of items, explore existing compound file and modify them or create a new compound file from scratch.
There are three methods to install openmcdf on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install openmcdf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openmcdf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openmcdf
Install openmcdf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openmcdf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openmcdf
Install openmcdf 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 openmcdf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openmcdf
How To Uninstall openmcdf on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the openmcdf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openmcdf
Uninstall openmcdf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openmcdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openmcdf
Remove openmcdf Configurations and Data
To remove openmcdf configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openmcdf
Remove openmcdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openmcdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openmcdf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openmcdf package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
