Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsf-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgsf-bin
libgsf-bin is:
The GNOME Structured File Library aims to provide an efficient
extensible I/O abstraction for dealing with different structured file
formats.
These are the programs that are shipped as part of libgsf. They include
a thumbnail generator, a tar-like archiver application and a VBA macro
extractor.
There are three methods to install libgsf-bin 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 libgsf-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgsf-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgsf-bin
Install libgsf-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgsf-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgsf-bin
Install libgsf-bin 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 libgsf-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgsf-bin
How To Uninstall libgsf-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgsf-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgsf-bin
Uninstall libgsf-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgsf-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgsf-bin
Remove libgsf-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libgsf-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgsf-bin
Remove libgsf-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgsf-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgsf-bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsf-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
