How To Install writer2latex 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 writer2latex on Ubuntu.
What is writer2latex
writer2latex 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.
There are three methods to install writer2latex 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 writer2latex 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install writer2latex
Install writer2latex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install writer2latex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install writer2latex
Install writer2latex 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install writer2latex
How To Uninstall writer2latex on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the writer2latex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove writer2latex
Uninstall writer2latex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall writer2latex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove writer2latex
Remove writer2latex Configurations and Data
To remove writer2latex configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge writer2latex
Remove writer2latex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove writer2latex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge writer2latex
Dependencies
writer2latex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install writer2latex package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.