How To Install libreoffice-gtk2 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-gtk2 on Ubuntu.
What is libreoffice-gtk2
libreoffice-gtk2 is:
This package used to contain the LibreOffice gtk2 backend.
You can safely remove this package.
There are three methods to install libreoffice-gtk2 on Ubuntu. 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-gtk2 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-gtk2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-gtk2
Install libreoffice-gtk2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-gtk2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-gtk2
Install libreoffice-gtk2 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-gtk2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-gtk2
How To Uninstall libreoffice-gtk2 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libreoffice-gtk2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-gtk2
Uninstall libreoffice-gtk2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-gtk2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-gtk2
Remove libreoffice-gtk2 Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-gtk2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-gtk2
Remove libreoffice-gtk2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-gtk2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-gtk2
Dependencies
libreoffice-gtk2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-gtk2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.